A district judge has temporarily stopped a sweeping state law meant to curb online ads for prostitution from going into effect. On July 27th, Ricardo Martinez of the District Court for the Western District of Washington State issued a temporary injunction against SB 6251, which would make it illegal if any site "knowingly publishes, disseminates, or displays ... any advertisement for a commercial sex act, which is to take place in the state of Washington and that includes the depiction of a minor." The injunction will prevent SB 6251 from being implemented until the court has decided whether to strike down the law (or parts of it) because of fears that it goes too far in regulating online speech. The law had previously been delayed...
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