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Reno v. ACLU 521 U.S. 844

Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union 521 U.S. 844

521 U.S. 844 | 1997-06-26

Reno v. ACLU

96-511

Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (96-511)

Argued: March 19, 1997
Decided: June 26, 1997

Syllabus

Two provisions of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA or Act) seek to protect minors from harmful material on the Internet, an international network of interconnected computers that enables millions of people to communicate with one another in "cyberspace" and to access vast amounts of information from around the world. Title 47 U. S. C. A. § 223(a)(1)(B)(ii) (Supp. 1997) criminalizes the "knowing" transmission of "obscene or indecent" messages to any recipient under 18 years of...