US Judge Rejects Law to Block Child Porn on Web
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A Pennsylvania law allowing the state to force Internet service providers to block access to child pornography sites is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled on Friday.
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update A federal court has struck down a Pennsylvania law that blocks access to Web sites labeled as child pornography, claiming that the rule violated the First Amendment.
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The U.S. Department of Justice asked the Federal Communications Commission to reject Net neutrality rules, arguing that restrictions could hinder Internet growth.
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A federal judge on Tuesday refused to accept a guilty plea from a former America Online employee accused of selling the Internet provider&#39;s customer list to a &quot;spammer,&quot; saying he was unsure a crime had been committed.
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A federal judge threw out on Friday a Pennsylvania law requiring Internet service providers to block Web sites containing child pornography, saying the tools to do so also cause "massive suppression" of constitutionally protected speech.
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A PENNSYLVANIA law which was designed to prevent Internet users from child pornography has been chucked out because it blocks free speech.
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Sharman Networks - the company behind peer-to-peer file sharing outfit Kazaa - has denied it is able to block users who use the service to share child pornography.
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By Cheryl Winkelman  A proposed state law that would require computer technicians to report child pornography hit a stumbling block this week.
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U.S. District Judge Kollar-Kotelly, the same judge who threw out the Microsoft break-up ruling, and backed the feds in the Gitmo case, issued a 157-page ruling today which rejects 15 of the 19 federal rules implementing the two year old US campaign finance law. While the ruling does not affect the law's key prohibition against large donations to political parties (known as "soft money") it does seem to create some uncertainty for political fund-raising, with only six weeks to go until the elections.
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A federal judge on Tuesday refused to  accept a guilty plea from a former America Online employee  accused of selling the Internet provider's customer list to a  "spammer," saying he was unsure a crime had been committed.
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A federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that a key component of the USA Patriot Act is unconstitutional because it allows the FBI to demand information from Internet service providers
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A US military judge Monday rejected a defense motion to bar evidence gained from a key suspect&#39;s computer in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal.
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A recent federal judge rejected the Department of Justice's request to force a defendant to cough up his PGP passphrase. We were unsuccessful in getting the agency to elaborate.
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A lawsuit against MySpace has been dismissed by a U.S. District Judge who declared the social-networking site protected under the Communications Decency Act.
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A federal judge on Wednesday struck down a key provision of a law that is the centerpiece of the Bush administration&#39;s legal war on terrorism, ruling that the FBI cannot require Internet
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A Pennsylvania law allowing the  state to force Internet service providers to block access to  child pornography sites is unconstitutional, a federal judge  ruled on Friday.
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A judge in California has rejected an attempt by lawyers acting for Michael Jackson to get child molestation charges against him thrown out or to have his trial delayed by several months.