Ohio SC: Law protecting children from porn regulates only “personally directed” electronic communications

Supreme Court of Ohio Press Release: “The Supreme Court of Ohio today agreed with the state attorney general’s interpretation that a state law banning electronic transmission to minors of pornography or other material ‘harmful to juveniles’ applies only to personally directed communications such as instant messaging, person-to-person emails and private chat rooms, and exempts from liability material that is posted on generally accessible websites and in public chatrooms.”

Community Defense Counsel summary here.

Am. Booksellers Found. for Free Expression v. Cordray, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-149 (Ohio Jan. 27, 2010)