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27 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 273 (2009-2010)
A Proposed Restriction on the First Amendment: Protecting Children from Internet Pedophiles

handle is hein.journals/caelj27 and id is 275 raw text is: A PROPOSED RESTRICTION ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT: PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM INTERNET PEDOPHILES* I. THE EVOLUTION OF FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTION .............. 275 A. Unprotected Speech: Obscenity and Child Pornography ..... 276 B. Protected Speech: Political Activism and Advocacy ........... 279 II. SEATTLE - TACOMA - EVERETT GIRL LOVE .......................... 281 III. THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION IS CONSTITUTIONAL BUT INSUFFICIENT ...................................................................... 283 IV. AN ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL: A NEW CATEGORY OF U NPROTECTED SPEECH ....................................................... 285 V . C O NCLUSIO N ............................................................................ 289 For years, Jack McClellan, a forty-five-year-old Los Angeles na- tive and self-proclaimed pedophile, maintained a virtual how-to website for pedophiles called Seattle - Tacoma - Everett girl love.' The website's primary purpose was to promote associa- tion, friendship; and legal, nonsexual, consensual touch (hugging, cuddling, etc) between men and prepubescent girls.2 In addition to providing information about upcoming children's events and local attractions where little girls are easily viewable, the website also displayed non-sexual pictures of young girls. McClellan took these pictures in public places, but did not obtain the consent of the children's parents before posting them on his website.3 * Permission is hereby granted for noncommercial reproduction of this Note in whole or in part for education or research purposes, including the making of multiple copies for classroom use, subject only to the condition that the name of the author, a complete cita- tion, and this copyright notice and grant of permission be included in all copies. See The Internet Patrol, http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/Jak-McClellan/Jack- McClellan-Seattle-Tacoma-Everett-Girl-Love.html (last visited Jan. 23, 2009) (a screenshot of McClellan's former website). 2 Id. 3 See id.

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