AdAge: Appeals Court Strikes Down Child Online Privacy Law
A U.S. appeals court today struck down the Child Online Privacy Act for placing "at risk" constitutionally protected speech.
The three judge appellate court said the legislation had been drawn so broadly in using terms such as "minor" and "harmful" as to endanger many online sites to prosecution. The court specifically rejected as unconstitutional the child-targeted defenses sometimes used to justify potential curbs on tobacco and liquor ads.
