On 22 Oct 2001, Al Iverson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >I thought COPPA was ruled unconstitutional? --- begin quote from http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/coppafaqs.htm --- 11. Hasn't the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act been declared unconstitutional? No. The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), has not been challenged and went into effect on April 21, 2000. Enforcement of the Children's Online Protection Act (COPA), which sought to regulate the dissemination of material harmful to minors on the Internet, was preliminarily enjoined by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, ACLU v. Reno, 31 F.Supp.2d 473 (E.D. Pa.1999). That decision was affirmed by the Third Circuit, 217 F.3d 162 (3d Cir. 2000). For information on COPA and the work of the Commission on Child Online Protection, which is studying methods and technologies to help reduce access by minors to such materials visit www.copacommission.org. --- end quote --- -- Paul Russell Senior System Administrator University of Notre Dame