Witness History - The Case That Saved Sex on the Internet

The Case That Saved Sex on the Internet

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In 1997 the US Supreme Court ruled against censoring sex on the internet. It overturned a law, signed the previous year which had been designed to protect children from sexual content on the internet. Claire Bowes has been speaking to an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer who fought the case for freedom of speech.

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Published on Thursday, 2nd November 2017.

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