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The Challenge of Defining Obscenity and Pornography
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The definition of obscenity and pornography is based on community standards which vary from state to state; therefore what may be considered obscene in one community may not have the same outcome in another.
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The legal definition of obscenity is complicated and subjective.
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Law
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The legal definition of obscenity is complicated and subjective. It is determined by three criteria: whether someone finds it offensive, whether it depicts sexual content in a patently offensive way, and whether the work as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, or scientific value.
ChapterThe Challenge of Defining Obscenity and Pornography
EpisodeSelects: How Free Speech Works
PodcastStuff You Should Know
The Miller Test became a big deal because community standards vary across different parts of the USA, so what might be deemed as obscene in one area might be perfectly acceptable in another.
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Obscenity
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The Miller Test became a big deal because community standards vary across different parts of the USA, so what might be deemed as obscene in one area might be perfectly acceptable in another.