In the 2004 case of Ashcroft v. ACLU, the Supreme Court upheld an injunction against enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act because it did not use the least restrictive means of achieving its child-protection goal. Explain

What will be an ideal response?

[COPA imposed strict criminal penalties on those who utilize the Web for commercial materials that are "harmful to minors." In a 5-4 ruling the Court held that rather than impose a potentially chilling burden on speakers Congress was obligated to consider already available filtering software that can be switched on at the consumer's end. The case was sent back to trial to determine whether such software would be equally or more effective as the content restriction, and the court concluded, yes. In 2009 the statute ultimately died when the Supreme Court declined yet another review.]

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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