High School

Which of the following laws was upheld as constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court?

A. Child Internet Protection Act
B. Communications Decency Act
C. Child Online Protection Act
D. None of the above

Answer :

The Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was upheld as constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Communications Decency Act (CDA), while initially passed into law, was later struck down as unconstitutional. The Child Online Protection Act (COPA) faced legal challenges and was never upheld by the Supreme Court.Therefore the correct answer is A

The U.S. Supreme Court case that dealt with the constitutionality of laws regulating Internet content for the protection of minors included the Communications Decency Act (CDA) of 1996, the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) of 1998, and the Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA). Of these, the CDA was struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional in Reno v. ACLU (1997), because it required that the Internet only carry information suitable for children, which was an overbroad form of censorship. Similarly, the COPA, which followed the CDA and imposed penalties for web material deemed "harmful to minors," faced legal challenges for more than a decade and was never upheld by the Supreme Court; it eventually expired in 2009 without further Supreme Court review. In contrast, the CIPA, which pertains to schools and libraries' obligation to filter and block access to Internet material harmful to minors, was upheld as constitutional.