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ACLU Joins Battle Over High-Speed Access to Internet (02/23/2000)
WASHINGTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union today said that it has joined the battle over high-speed access to the Internet and promised to work to ensure that cable providers like AT&T and America Online-Time Warner open their high-speed Internet services to the broadest possible array of service providers.

WA School Board Decides Not to Punish Student Web Site Hosts (02/03/2000)
SEATTLE, WA -- A suburban school board has decided not to impose restitution or community service on three Eastlake High School students who created a website on which someone else posted a death threat last fall, the American Civil Liberties said today.

ACLU Defends Student Website in Case that Threatens Free Expression on the Internet (01/31/2000)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- In a case with important implications for free speech on the Internet, the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California has asked a Superior Court to dismiss a lawsuit aimed at shutting down a website that provides student reviews of the teachers at San Francisco City College.

ACLU Urges Government Not To Trample On Internet Political Speech (01/06/2000)
WASHINGTON -- Saying the government must not gag the new town criers, the American Civil Liberties Union joined forces today with the Center for Democracy and Technology and the Free Congress Foundation to urge federal regulators not to clamp down on political speech on the Internet during the upcoming election season.

Appeals Court to Hear Arguments in Second Battle Over Federal Internet Censorship Law (11/02/1999)
In oral arguments this Thursday before a federal appeals court in Philadelphia, the American Civil Liberties Union will once again square off against government lawyers determined to defend Congress's second unconstitutional criminal ban on Internet free speech.

ACLU v. Reno II: Appeals Court to Hear Arguments in Second Battle Over Federal Internet Censorship Law (11/02/1999)
NEW YORK -- In oral arguments this Thursday before a federal appeals court in Philadelphia, the American Civil Liberties Union will once again square off against government lawyers determined to defend Congress's second unconstitutional criminal ban on Internet free speech.

ACLU Gears Up for Next Round of Appeals In Challenges to Internet Censorship Laws (09/20/1999)
Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union are defending legal challenges to two state Internet censorship laws tomorrow, and gearing up for the next round of arguments in their challenge to a federal attempt at blocking online free speech, now set for Thursday, November 4 in Philadelphia.

ACLU Gears Up for Next Round of Appeals In Challenges to Internet Censorship Laws (09/20/1999)
Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union are defending legal challenges to two state Internet censorship laws tomorrow, and gearing up for the next round of arguments in their challenge to a federal attempt at blocking online free speech, now set for Thursday, November 4 in Philadelphia.

ACLU Challenges Michigan Cyber-Censorship Law, Citing Commerce Clause and Free Speech Rights (06/23/1999)
In a complaint filed today in federal district court, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan said that a state law criminalizing online communications deemed "harmful to minors" violates free speech rights and the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.

ACLU Says Filtering Legislation Represents Little More Than Sugar Pill for Parents (05/20/1999)
As the Senate convened hearings today on Internet blocking legislation, the American Civil Liberties Union called on lawmakers to avoid turning to censorship to solve societal ills.

ACLU v. Reno Moves to Appellate Court (04/02/1999)
The battle for online free speech today returned to a federal appeals court as the Justice Department sought review of a ruling that had blocked enforcement of Congress's second attempt to censor the Internet.

Internet Censorship Battles Moves to Appeals Court (04/02/1999)
PHILADELPHIA -- The battle for online free speech today returned to a federal appeals court as the Justice Department sought review of a ruling that had blocked enforcement of Congress's second attempt to censor the Internet.

In First Loss for Online Free Speech, Appeals Court Gags Virginia State Employees (02/10/1999)
Saying that professional research and debate in "art, literature, history and the law" are not protected by the First Amendment, a federal appeals court today upheld a Virginia law barring state employees from "sexually explicit communication" on the Internet.

ACLU v. Reno, Round II: Rejecting Cyber-Censorship, Court Defends Online "Marketplace of Ideas" (02/01/1999)
Saying that a federal Internet censorship law would restrict free speech in the "marketplace of ideas," a Philadelphia court today blocked Congress' second attempt to censor the Internet.

Rejecting Cyber-Censorship, Court Defends Online "Marketplace of Ideas" (02/01/1999)
Saying that a federal Internet censorship law would restrict free speech in the "marketplace of ideas," a Philadelphia court today blocked Congress' second attempt to censor the Internet.

Rejecting Cyber-Censorship, Court Defends Online "Marketplace of Ideas" (02/01/1999)
Saying that a federal Internet censorship law would restrict free speech in the "marketplace of ideas," a Philadelphia court today blocked Congress' second attempt to censor the Internet.

New Cyber-Censorship Law Would Fracture Internet, Experts and Web Owners Testify (01/20/1999)
At a three-day hearing opening this morning in federal district court, the American Civil Liberties Union is presenting testimony from website operators who provide information for artists, lesbian and gay men, and the disabled, who all fear that a new federal law will force them to shut down their websites.

New Cyber-Censorship Law Would Fracture Internet, Experts and Web Owners Testify (01/20/1999)
At a three-day hearing opening this morning in federal district court, the American Civil Liberties Union is presenting testimony from website operators who provide information for artists, lesbian and gay men, and the disabled, who all fear that a new federal law will force them to shut down their websites.

Judge Halts Enforcement of Internet Censorship Law (11/19/1998)
Civil liberties groups and Internet users everywhere breathed a sigh of relief today as a judge halted enforcement of a federal Internet censorship law until its constitutionality is ultimately resolved in court.

ACLU and Others Challenge Internet Censorship Bill Signed by President Clinton (10/22/1998)
Civil liberties groups today filed a court challenge to a federal Internet censorship bill signed by President Clinton despite serious constitutional concerns raised by his own Justice Department.