Free-speech on Internet case

WASHINGTON - In a historic case about free-speech rights in cyberspace, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments n Wednesday …

WASHINGTON - In a historic case about free-speech rights in cyberspace, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments n Wednesday involving a new law that severely restricts indecent material on the Internet computer network. The court will consider the Clinton administration's appeal defending the law that bans the dissemination of sexually explicit material to anyone younger than 18.

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