Section 23 child protection act

The Child Protection Act is a piece of legislation that was formally proposed in 1998 with the intent of restricting access by minors to any materials defined as harmful to a youthful audience. Although proposed, the Child Protection act never took effect, as three separate rounds of litigation ultimately led to the filing of a permanent injunction against the law in 2009. The Child Protection Act was part of a series of efforts made by United States Lawmakers, to legislate Internet pornography and other graphic material. Sections of the earlier and exceedingly broad Communications Decency Act had been rejected as a result of their violations of the United States Constitution—this ruling was promulgated by the Supreme Court in 1997. The Child Protection Act required all commercial distributors of harmful material—especially those pictures or content that was depicting, targeting or capable of targeting minors—to restrict their sites from access by minors. The Child Protection Act defined “Material harmful to others” as any material that by contemporary standards was judged to appeal to the erotic interest. This material is defined as any image or media thatportraysnudity, sexual acts or graphic situations. Furthermore, Reed issued a permanent order to enjoin the government from enforcing the child Protection Act, claiming that the nation will be imposing more harm on minors if we continue to chip away at the First Amendment. The government ultimately appealed thi...