The U.S. Supreme Court released its 7-2 ruling on Monday that people who send online messages seeking or offering sexual images of children are not engaging in speech protected under the First Amendment and so can be sent to prison. The Court's ruling applies even if there is no such underlying pornography.
Law enforcement officials praise the decision as enabling them to more efficiently combat criminal acts surrounding and depicting the sexual abuse of children. The decision is one of an ongoing judicial rulings on legislative attempts to balance free speech rights against the need to protect children from the rampant and insidious criminal activity.
For more information, see this report by David Savage in The Los Angeles Times. The Court's decision in United States v. Williams is available here.
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