The History of Indecency

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In 1996, Congress passed and the president signed the Communications Decency Act which made it a crime to transmit indecent material to minors online. The ACLU then decided to sue to stop this law. And there was a famous lawsuit called Reno v ACLU because Janet Reno was President Clinton's Attorney General at the time. You can go to Shopify.com slash explained to see if Shopify can take your business to the next level today.

States want to restrict kids’ access to harmful content online via age verification systems. New York Times reporter Natasha Singer explains how a wave of new legislation could dramatically reshape the internet.

This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd with help from Michael Raphael, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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