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us: ACLU challenge to federal child protection law goes to trial
The federal bench trial of a lawsuit challenging the 1998 Child Online Protection Act (COPA) began Monday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) brought the suit on behalf of internet websites such as Salon.com and Nerve.com, arguing that the severe punishments outlined in COPA for publishing material considered “harmful to children” restrict free speech. Also see http://aclu.org/freespeech/internet/27144prs20061023.html for the ACLU news release.