EFF "Censorship - Internet Censorship Legislation - California" Archive

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20010416_ca_ab151_bill.html: California Bill AB 151, "Pulic Libraries: Internet: Obscene Matter". AB 151 is modelled on federal "Child Online Protection Act" (CHIPA). EFF believes this legislation to be unconstitutional. (Apr. 16, 2001)
ca_ab295_95.bill: CA Assembly Bill 295 would "extend" child porn and obscenity statutes to cover the Internet & other media. As currently defined in existing statutes, this material is *already illegal* on the Net, and offline too, all over the US, so there's not much point to the bill. The definition used is that provided by the US Supreme Court, so bill would make a much better statute that most state laws on this topic. Additionally, it provides liability protection for system operators, an almost unique, but very necessary, feature of this sort of law. Bill passed the Assembly, and has been sitting in the CA Senate Judiciary Committee for many months.