obscene or offensive material

  • 1obscene — ob·scene /äb sēn/ adj [Middle French, from Latin obscenus obscaenus indecent, lewd]: extremely or deeply offensive according to contemporary community standards of morality or decency see also roth v. united states in the important cases section… …

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  • 2obscene — (adj.) 1590s, offensive to the senses, or to taste and refinement, from M.Fr. obscene, from L. obscenus offensive, especially to modesty, originally boding ill, inauspicious, of unknown origin; perhaps from ob onto (see OB (Cf. ob )) + caenum… …

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  • 3obscene material — n. According to a Supreme Court decision, material is obscene, and hence not protected by the free speech provision of the First Amendment if it has three elements: It must have prurient appeal, as decided by the average person applying the… …

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  • 4Patently offensive — is a term that has been used in Supreme Court of the United States jurisprudence on obscenity law and the First Amendment.The phrase patently offensive first appeared in Roth v. United States , referring to any obscene acts or materials that are… …

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  • 5Legal status of Internet pornography — Due to the international nature of the Internet, Internet pornography carries with it special issues with regard to the law. There is no one set of laws that apply to the distribution, purchase, or possession of Internet pornography. Only the… …

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  • 6Public order crime case law in the United States — In criminology, public order crime case law in the United States is essential to understanding how the courts interpret the policy of laws where the moral and social order of the state appears to be threatened by clearly identified… …

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  • 7Pornography in the United States — On the set of a pornographic film …

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  • 8Section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 — Violent pornography redirects here. For the System of a Down song, see Mezmerize (album). Sex and the law Social issues Age of consent · …

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  • 9Censorship of Publications Board (Ireland) — The Censorship of Publications Board is an independent board established by the Censorship of Publications Act, 1929 to examine books and periodicals that are for sale in the Republic of Ireland. It is governed by the Censorship of Publications… …

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  • 10Computer crime — Computer crime, or cybercrime, refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network.[1] The computer may have been used in the commission of a crime, or it may be the target.[2] Netcrime refers to criminal exploitation of the Internet.[3]… …

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