Internet Speech
ACLU v. Gonzales - Challenge to Child Online Protection Act
In a clear victory for free speech, the Supreme Court has announced that it will not hear the government's appeal of a ban on the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), the federal law that would criminalize constitutionally protected speech on the Internet.
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10 Internet Speech Cases
Feb 2013
![Governor Mifflin School District and Filtering of LGBT Online Content](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Governor Mifflin School District and Filtering of LGBT Online Content
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Pennsylvania have sent a letter requesting that school officials at Governor Mifflin School District in Berks County stop using Internet filters that violate students' First Amendment free speech rights. The district uses a "sexuality" filter that blocks sites that express support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, and an "intolerance" filter that blocks political advocacy sites that are labeled as intolerant.
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![Governor Mifflin School District and Filtering of LGBT Online Content](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Internet Speech
LGBTQ Rights
Governor Mifflin School District and Filtering of LGBT Online Content
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Pennsylvania have sent a letter requesting that school officials at Governor Mifflin School District in Berks County stop using Internet filters that violate students' First Amendment free speech rights. The district uses a "sexuality" filter that blocks sites that express support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, and an "intolerance" filter that blocks political advocacy sites that are labeled as intolerant.
Feb 2013
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U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2005
![FCC v. Brand X Internet Services](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
FCC v. Brand X Internet Services
Reviewing whether cable broadband services should be allowed to limit access to a single Internet Service Provider (ISP). DECIDED
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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![FCC v. Brand X Internet Services](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
U.S. Supreme Court
Internet Speech
FCC v. Brand X Internet Services
Reviewing whether cable broadband services should be allowed to limit access to a single Internet Service Provider (ISP). DECIDED
Mar 2005
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2002
![Ashcroft v. The Free Speech Coalition](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Ashcroft v. The Free Speech Coalition
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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![Ashcroft v. The Free Speech Coalition](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
U.S. Supreme Court
Internet Speech
Free Speech
Ashcroft v. The Free Speech Coalition
Apr 2002
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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![Ashcroft v. ACLU](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
U.S. Supreme Court
Internet Speech
Free Speech
Ashcroft v. ACLU
Sep 2001
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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