Industry should not develop products that require speakers to rate their own speech or be blocked by default. The producers of user-based software programs should make their lists of blocked speech available to consumers. The industry should develop products that provide maximum user control. No government coercion or censorship. The First Amendment prevents the government from imposing, or from coercing industry into imposing, a mandatory Internet ratings scheme.
Libraries are free speech zones.
The First Amendment prevents the government, including public libraries, from mandating the use of user-based blocking software. In its historic decision striking down the CDA, the Supreme Court's decision was clearly influenced by the wide range of socially valuable speech at risk under the law. That speech is no less at risk today. On behalf of our clients in Reno v. ACLU , and Internet users everywhere, we will continue working to ensure that the First Amendment is protected in cyberspace.