Wendy Kaminer

In the following viewpoint, Wendy Kaminer claims that there is little or no evidence that computer-generated images of imaginary children having virtual sex encourage child molesters. Laws against computer-generated pornography, Kaminer argues, are based on the unsubstantiated presumption that computer-generated child pornography encourages child molesters to molest children. This presumption, however, is based on the subjective responses of child molesters, she asserts, and is too vague to meet the requirements of laws that limit free speech. Kaminer is a lawyer, social critic, and senior correspondent for American Prospect.

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1. According to Kaminer, what did the Ninth Circuit observe in the Free Speech Coalition v. Reno case"
2. What does the author believe is wrong with the reasoning that there is no difference in the...