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COPA/CDA II blocked until 12/4/98 [/.]
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> [IMAGE] TechWeb - The Technology News Site [INLINE]
> Technology News - [INLINE] [INLINE] . [INLINE] Judge Blocks CDA II
> (11/19/98, 8:34 p.m. ET)
> By John Gartner, TechWeb
>
> A federal judge on Thursday issued a temporary restraining order
> preventing the Justice Department from enforcing the Child Online
> Protection Act (COPA), an anti-pornography law Congress passed in
> October.
>
> Judge Lowell Reed's decision will delay enforcement of the law until
> at least Dec. 4. The injunction came in response to a lawsuit filed by
> free speech advocates, filed just one day after the legislation was
> signed by President Clinton.
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