The AP reports that the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia has ruled that the Child Online Protection Act is unconstitutional.

The law, passed in 1998 and signed into law by President Clinton, has long been argued by the EFF to be too vague, and the 3rd Circuit argues that it violates the First Amendment. In addition, with parental control software and actual parental monitoring, far less invasive methods are already in existence that should protect children from seeing any objectionable content.

Ten years after being signed into law, it may finally be heading to the Supreme Court for a final determination.

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