Groups try to block law written to shield children on Internet

Days after the state toughened up a law aimed at protecting children from offensive material online, advocacy groups moved to strike it down, saying the new law is too broad and cannot be enforced.

The Boston Globe

July 15, 2010

By John M. Guilfoil

The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and a coalition of booksellers and website publishers filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking to block a new state law that went into effect on Monday. They say the law would call for the removal of all nudity and sexual material from the Internet.