Judge realizes: on the Internet, no one can tell you're a kid

A federal judge today issued an injunction against a new Massachusetts law that tried to apply its "matter harmful to minors" law to the Internet. Because it's difficult to ascertain someone's age on the 'Net, that attempt turned out to be far too broad.

Zobel agreed that the ACLU and other plaintiffs were correct in calling the law overbroad and that they were likely to succeed on the merits of their complaint.