The Internet may fairly be regarded as a never-ending worldwide
conversation. The government may not, through the [Communications
Decency Act], interrupt that conversation... As the most participatory
form of mass speech yet developed, the Internet deserves the highest
protection from governmental intrusion... The government, therefore,
implicitly asks this court to limit both the amount of speech on the
Internet and the availability of that speech. This argument is
profoundly repugnant to First Amendment principles.
-- U.S. District Judge Stewart Dalzell, 1996
conversation. The government may not, through the [Communications
Decency Act], interrupt that conversation... As the most participatory
form of mass speech yet developed, the Internet deserves the highest
protection from governmental intrusion... The government, therefore,
implicitly asks this court to limit both the amount of speech on the
Internet and the availability of that speech. This argument is
profoundly repugnant to First Amendment principles.
-- U.S. District Judge Stewart Dalzell, 1996
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