The Communications Decency Act of 1996 was an attempt by Congress to regulate pornography and obscene materials from being spread on the internet. This was overturned soon after, partly because of the fine line between "indecency" and "obscenity," and that both are subjective, open to a given person's interpretation, as influenced by their region, culture, and beliefs; but the bigger issue was that it infringed free speech as defined by the First Amendment, mainly by not allowing parents to choose for themselves what content they want their children to see on the internet.
I don't think this law should have gotten anywhere to be begin with. They should have had more foresight into the internet. Though there is no way they could have known how big the internet would get, they should have at least realized that pornography is allowed in society, but only to an extent; so not in public advertising. They should have used this model for their internet laws, so they could have not wasted all this time.
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