Judge overturns US web porn law
Thursday, 22 March 2007

US federal judge has overturned a law designed to protect children from viewing internet pornography, saying it violated the right of free speech.

The law made it illegal for websites to provide children access to "harmful" material, but it was never enforced.

Judge Lowell Reed of Philadelphia said other means of protection, such as software filters, were more effective.

Opponents criticised the ruling, saying parents should not have to shoulder the burden of restricting adult material. the rest