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      "id": 103964,
      "date": "1997-07-01",
      "retrieved": "2016-05-24T20:58:23.112941",
      "title": "Internet Indecency: The Supreme Court Decision on the Communications Decency Act",
      "summary": "In  Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union , No. 96-511 (June 26, 1997), the Supreme\nCourt, by a\n7-2 vote, declared unconstitutional two provisions of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) that\nprohibited indecent communications to minors on the Internet. The CDA is Title V of the\nTelecommunications Act of 1996,  P.L. 104-104 . Section 502 of the Act rewrote 47 U.S.C. Section \n223(a) and added subsections (d) through (h) to 47 U.S.C. Section 223. It did not amend\nsubsections (b) or (c), which restrict commercial dial-a-porn services. In  Reno v. ACLU ,\nthe Supreme\nCourt struck down Section 223(a) in part and Section 223(d) in whole.",
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