Pennsylvania child porn law struck down

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Pennsylvania Child Porn Act Overturned

Pennsylvania Child Porn Act Overturned 09/11/2004 05:12 AM

Pennsylvania strikes down Net child porn
law

Pennsylvania strikes down Net child porn
law 09/10/2004 01:08 PM
ZDNet Sep 10 2004 5:45PM GMT

Net porn law struck down

Net porn law struck down 06/29/2004 08:34 PM
Australian IT Jun 29 2004 11:52PM GMT

Court Rules Against Pennsylvania
Child-Pornography Law

Court Rules Against Pennsylvania
Child-Pornography Law 09/12/2004 08:42 AM

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Free registration is required to read the article. “A federal court struck down a Pennsylvania law yesterday, ruling that the state could no longer force Internet service providers to block customers’ access to Web sites thought to be distributing child pornography. The decision is considered a broad victory for both free speech and Internet-rights advocates who have argued that although the Internet Child Pornography Act of Pennsylvania was well-intentioned, its methods and unintended effects were…

Court strikes down Pennsylvania porn law

Court strikes down Pennsylvania porn law 09/10/2004 02:23 PM
Statute requiring ISPs to filter inappropriate Web sites is unconstitutional, federal judge rules.

Court Rules Against Pennsylvania Law
That Curbs Child-Pornography Sites

Court Rules Against Pennsylvania Law
That Curbs Child-Pornography Sites 09/10/2004 10:33 PM
The decision is a victory for free speech and Internet-rights advocates who argued that although the law was well-intentioned, its effects were unconstitutional.

Federal Judge Dumps Pennsylvania ISP
Porn Blocking Law

Federal Judge Dumps Pennsylvania ISP
Porn Blocking Law 09/10/2004 01:18 PM
We've written before about a Pennsylvania law that require d ISPs to block anyone from accessing child porn. There were obvious problems with this law. It's good that Pennsylvania wants to stop child porn, but putting the burden on the ISPs is the wrong way to go. ISPs, of course, are just the pipe. They shouldn't have to worry about what their users are, or are not, accessing. It was also problematic that Pennsylvania was using a ban-list that no one was allowed to review to make sure it was fair. The biggest problem, however, was that ISPs blocking sites ended up blocking other, perfectly legitimate sites that were simply hosted on shared servers. Now, a federal judge has decided that's simply too big a cost and has said the law needs to go. What still doesn't make sense, is that if Pennsylvania was able to identify all of these child porn sites, why were they wasting time getting ISPs to block them, rather than going after those who were actually responsible for running and hosting the sites, and get them taken down that way?

Trial Shows Flaws in Pennsylvania
Internet Porn Law

Trial Shows Flaws in Pennsylvania
Internet Porn Law 01/09/2004 09:58 PM
BizReport.com Jan 9 2004 7:26PM ET

Federal judge tosses Pennsylvania online
porn law

Federal judge tosses Pennsylvania online
porn law 09/10/2004 12:44 PM
SiliconValley.com Sep 10 2004 4:27PM GMT

Trial points to flaws in Pennsylvania
Internet porn law

Trial points to flaws in Pennsylvania
Internet porn law 01/09/2004 11:16 PM
Internet providers are being told to comply with orders to block child-pornography Web sites under a 2002 state law, even though the approach could affect legitimate Web sites, too.

US rules all porn is child porn

US rules all porn is child porn 06/24/2005 04:04 PM
Prove otherwise

P2P Against Child Porn

P2P Against Child Porn 05/06/2004 01:32 AM
Last year, when other attacks against peer-to-peer file sharing systems weren't working, the entertainment industry pulled out the "porn" card, saying that the file sharing networks were chock full of child porn and it was a danger to anyone using it. Of course, you could say the same thing about the internet, but all the hype even convinced Senator Hatch to push legislation against P2P networks due to all that porn. Realizing that they had something of a PR problem on this issue, it appears the various P2P networks decided to team up and do something to show how they're actually helping to catch child pornographers. They've been working with the FBI to help them track down those responsible for child porn, and are now looking at setting up a system to let users flag child porn so that the networks (and the FBI) can track it down (though, you wonder how quickly that flag will be abused: don't like a song? call it child porn). Finally, in a move that's much more about the good publicity it can generate than actually catching pornographers, they're going to start posting pictures from the FBI's most wanted list of child pornographers on their websites.

BT on child porn stats

BT on child porn stats 07/22/2004 06:25 AM
Replies to ISPA's concerns

Net blamed for rise in child porn

Net blamed for rise in child porn 01/11/2004 10:32 PM
Child porn crimes have risen 15-fold since 1988 and new internet mobile phones could make things worse, a report says.

Feds target P2P child porn

Feds target P2P child porn 05/14/2004 05:54 PM
File-swapping companies support "Operation Peer Pressure," which has resulted in the arrest of more than 65 people and more than 350 searches of computers.

Judge Dumps Child Porn Law

Judge Dumps Child Porn Law 09/11/2004 05:36 AM
A federal judge gives Pennsylvania's internet child pornography law the boot. The controversial law required ISPs to block child porn websites, but in doing so, they prohibited access to many legal sites, leading to a 'massive suppression' of free speech.

FBI arrest 65 in P2P child porn raids

FBI arrest 65 in P2P child porn raids 05/17/2004 06:07 AM
Feds hit file sharing paedophiles

13 questioned over internet child porn

13 questioned over internet child porn 05/12/2004 07:06 AM
Edinburgh Evening News May 12 2004 11:43AM GMT

Child porn amnesty proposed

Child porn amnesty proposed 12/10/2003 10:22 AM
Manchester Online Dec 10 2003 8:49AM ET

'Thousands' view web child porn

'Thousands' view web child porn 07/20/2004 12:56 AM
Thousands of people are trying to view child porn on the net daily, according to BT which blocks website hits.

UK probe into online child porn

UK probe into online child porn 06/09/2004 12:53 AM
News.bbc.co.uk - Tue Jun 8, 11:28 am GMT

Child Porn Law Debated in Court

Child Porn Law Debated in Court 01/09/2004 10:13 PM
Pennsylvania officials are defending a state law that allows them to force ISPs to cut off access to any site they say contains child porn. Opponents are challenging the law in court, saying huge swaths of the Net are now off limits. By Michelle Delio.

BT acts against child porn sites

BT acts against child porn sites 06/08/2004 07:41 AM
Blocking illegal sites is only one stage in the fight against online paedophiles, say experts.

Ex-teacher jailed over child porn

Ex-teacher jailed over child porn 09/20/2004 02:50 PM
A former teacher and cricket coach is jailed for making and distributing indecent images of children.

Judge arrested over child porn

Judge arrested over child porn 04/23/2004 05:54 PM
A senior Crown Court judge has been arrested over child pornography allegations.

Thousands head for child web porn

Thousands head for child web porn 07/20/2004 02:49 AM
BBC Jul 20 2004 7:17AM GMT

45 arrested in child porn raids

45 arrested in child porn raids 07/14/2004 05:00 AM
Fifty homes are raided in Greater Manchester, as police target people suspected of downloading child pornography.

BT to block child porn site

BT to block child porn site 06/07/2004 07:05 PM
globetechnology.com Jun 7 2004 10:34PM GMT

High-tech war on child porn

High-tech war on child porn 04/23/2004 02:41 AM
News24.com Apr 23 2004 7:28AM GMT

BT blocking Internet child porn access

BT blocking Internet child porn access 06/08/2004 10:21 AM
Prosperity4 Jun 8 2004 1:59PM GMT

Court Bounces Pa. Online Child Porn Law

Court Bounces Pa. Online Child Porn Law 09/10/2004 06:31 PM
Internet News Sep 10 2004 10:04PM GMT

US judge rejects internet child porn law

US judge rejects internet child porn law 09/12/2004 08:06 PM
The New Zealand Herald Sep 12 2004 11:41PM GMT

At least 65 arrested in Internet child
porn crackdown (AFP)

At least 65 arrested in Internet child
porn crackdown (AFP) 05/14/2004 04:36 PM
AFP - At least 65 people have been arrested on child pornography and related charges involving the use of Internet file sharing, US officials announced.

Four held in NI internet child porn
inquiry

Four held in NI internet child porn
inquiry 06/18/2004 02:35 PM
Irish Times Jun 18 2004 6:48PM GMT

ACLU Seeks Pa. Child Porn Law Reversal

ACLU Seeks Pa. Child Porn Law Reversal 01/07/2004 02:03 PM
AP via Daily Press Jan 7 2004 12:19PM ET

65 arrested in Internet child porn
crackdown in US

65 arrested in Internet child porn
crackdown in US 05/15/2004 07:14 AM
NewIndPress May 15 2004 10:50AM GMT

BT To Block Child Porn - But Who Makes
The List?

BT To Block Child Porn - But Who Makes
The List? 06/07/2004 02:39 AM
Lots of folks are talking about the decision by BT to b lock access to child porn and how this is the "first mass censorship of the web attempted in a Western democracy." Actually, that's not true at all. Pennsylvania has been forcing ISPs to do this for years. While most of the Guardian article above focuses on how it's now technically feasible to do so, it doesn't really get into the reasons why this is problematic. First, it's unclear who gets to make up the list, and how they decide what's "bad" and what's acceptable. The article mentions a list, but it's not clear that's the list that BT will use - or if there's any kind of appeal procedure for sites that have been unfairly blocked. It's also not clear if (as in Pennsylvania) blocking a site that's on a shared server will mean every other site on that server will also get blocked. The article talks up how this was an idea by NCH, the children's charity who has a habit of putting out very biased and very misleading studies trying to blame child porn on everyone but the people actually creating and hosting the child porn. This is yet another effort by them to try to hide away the problem, rather than dealing with its root causes.

Law to block child porn online thrown
out

Law to block child porn online thrown
out 09/10/2004 03:00 PM
MSNBC Sep 10 2004 5:45PM GMT

Forces stage child porn raids

Forces stage child porn raids 06/03/2004 02:07 PM
More than 100 people are questioned after a series of raids across Scotland as part of an operation against child pornography.
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