February 19, 1999

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Virginia Law Restricting the Use of State-Owned Computers

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

A Virginia law that prohibits the use of state-owned computers to view sexually explicit material doesn't violate the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled last week. The law had been challenged by six professors who argued that their research sometimes required them to look up on-line material that could be considered explicit.

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