A federal judge on Monday blocked California from enforcing a law meant to protect children when they use the internet, saying the law's commercial speech restrictions likely violate the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.
NetChoice said the law would pressure private companies into becoming "roving censors" of content that California deems harmful, or else face "draconian penalties" as high as $7,500 per child per violation.
Freeman also said California's threatened enforcement constituted irreparable harm to NetChoice members, and could end up shielding adults as well, reducing them to "reading only what is fit for children." NetChoice welcomed the decision. "We look forward to seeing the law permanently struck down and online speech and privacy fully protected," it said.Last month, for example, U.S. District Judge David Ezra in Austin, Texas, blocked that state from requiring adult content websites to verify ages and warn users about the purported harmful effects of pornography.
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