US: Internet Free Speech Case

A law passed last year by the US Congress aimed at criminalising the transmission of sexually explicit material to children via the Internet is unconstitutional, according to arguments heard on 19 March in the Supreme Court. The court heard legal representations from an association of online service providers, publishers and free speech advocates that stated the law would also result in banning such sexual material from reception by adults as well as children; it thus constituted an infringement of the right to free speech.