The ________ passed in 1998 sought to require Internet users to give an adult ID before accessing a commercial site containing "adult" materials and was blocked twice by the U.S. Supreme Court.

A) Communications Decency Act
B) Child Online Protection Act
C) Online Regulatory Act
D) Minors Prohibition Act

Child Online Protection Act

Legislation aimed at restricting access to online materials deemed harmful to minors, with measures to ensure child safety on the internet.

Communications Decency Act

A United States federal law enacted in 1996 to regulate and reduce indecency and obscenity on the Internet but faced criticism and legal challenges regarding free speech.

U.S. Supreme Court

The highest federal court in the United States, consisting of nine Justices and holding ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all federal and state court cases involving issues of federal law.