The U.S. Dist. Court, Salt Lake City, issued a preliminary injunc...
The U.S. Dist. Court, Salt Lake City, issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the state’s adult content registry law, targeted by digital liberties activists as promoting censorship (WID June 10/05 p1). The law requires the state to compile…
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a list of URLs worldwide that contain “material harmful to minors” and aren’t “access restricted.” ISPs must block access to such sites through a rating system or face 3rd-degree felony charges. The Center for Democracy & Technology, ACLU and a local bookstore sued, saying the law violates the First Amendment and Commerce Clause to the U.S. Constitution and could block access to many innocuous sites. The court stayed the plaintiffs’ discovery requests through the 2007 session of the Utah legislature. Defendants including the state attorney general must draft amendments intended to make the law constitutional and disclose them and proposed sponsors to the plaintiffs by Nov. 1. Otherwise, discovery responses will be due Nov. 30.