Washington - A federal judge has ruled that the ten-year-old Child Online Protection Act (COPA) -- which has never been enforced, but provided criminal and civil penalties for those making sexually explicit content freely available online -- is unconstitutional, and issued a permanent injunction barring its enforcement.

Washington - A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate on Friday would create a national database of child pornography images -- both real and "cartoon" -- and require Internet service providers to monitor traffic and report such images to authorities.