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Back to the Future: Kids and the Internet

Date: August 29, 2023 1:00 pm

It's 1996 all over again. Congress charging ahead with sweeping legislation intended to protect kids online; State legislatures enacting strict limitations on the ability of minors to use the internet. Critics say these measures violate the 1st Amendment, impair privacy rights, and will harm kids; but has the landscape changed meaningfully since Reno v. ACLU?

It's 1996 all over again. Congress charging ahead with sweeping legislation intended to protect kids online; State legislatures enacting strict limitations on the ability of minors to use the internet. Critics say these measures violate the 1st Amendment, impair privacy rights, and will harm kids; but has the landscape changed meaningfully since Reno v. ACLU?