Federal court bars enforcement of Massachusetts law prohibiting distribution of sexual material to minors
A federal district court has blocked the enforcement of a Massachusetts obscenity law that makes it a crime to disseminate electronic material harmful to minors. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press October 28, 2010 By Rosemary Lane A federal district court in Massachusetts Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction preventing the enforcement of a Massachusetts statute that criminalizes the dissemination of electronic material that is “harmful to minors.” The plaintiffs, including booksellers, publishers,