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This year is the 10th anniversary of the case that struck down Internet censorship. The Communications Decency Act was passed by Congress on February 8th, 1996. The law aimed to extend to the internet the same “decency” statndard that applies to broadcast TV and Radio, and is now beginning to be famous for leading to fines of Howard Stern and CBS television for language and a wardrobe malfunction.

I believe that this will be the Roe v. Wade of our generation. Many of the judges found the indecency provisions unconstitutional and included in their decision a detailed, concise and surprisingly accurate explanation of the internet.

If it wasn’t for the civil activists the internet would be censored even more. Honestly, if the case had gone the other way, all of the content on the internet would be reduced to what would be appropriate for 12-year-olds.