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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to let California clamp down on the sale or rental of violent video games to children, saying governments lack authority to "restrict the ideas to which children may be exposed" despite complaints that the popular and fast-changing technology allows the young to simulate acts of brutality.
Very interesting problem here. Does a state have the right to regulate the sale of violent video games to children? What about pornography? Past SCOTUS decisions on porn have relied on what is known as "community standards". But don't community standards also apply here?
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