In other legislative news, COPPA (the Child Obscenity and Pornography Prevention Act) has passed the House. If the Senate approves, it will be illegal to create or possess any computer-generated image that appears to depict a minor. In other words, no minor needs to have actually been harmed in the creation of this image. The Supreme Court, earlier this year, struck down a similar law, judging that it punished dirty thoughts.
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