The Case That Saved Sex on the Internet

Witness History: Witness Archive 2017 - A podcast by BBC World Service

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In 1997 the US Supreme Court ruled against censoring sex on the internet. It overturned a law, signed the previous year which had been designed to protect children from sexual content on the internet. Claire Bowes has been speaking to an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer who fought the case for freedom of speech.Photo: A computer. Credit: Anilakkus/iStock