Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union

One of the most significant cases where the government tried to promote uniformity was Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, where the issues were free speech broadcasted over the internet. The statue that had to be interoperated is the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which seeks to protect minors from harmful material on the internet. Reno tried to argue that the act was being violated. She sourced to provisions in the docket, which were the "indecent transmission …

…the most hastily escalating force that contributes to our economy. Until the UCITA, there has not been any contracted law that provides a clear and consistent uniform set of rules for the vague subject matter involved in computer transactions on the Internet and elsewhere. Also there is no uniform law developed to provide substantive guidance for these transactions. UCITA will make it possible for states to provide impartial and predictable legal framework for computer transactions.