Explosion Of Porn Since U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Invoked In Balenciaga Ad Campaign

The Court in 2002 sided 6-3 with the adult entertainment industry and rejected parts of The Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 as overbroad and vague.

Ed. Note: This story was written on Nov. 28 and reflects other reporting and a visible reference to the defendant in Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition in the opinion. However, The New York Times reported Dec. 1 that the document in the Balenciaga ad campaign was U.S. v. Williams and it was displayed in a separate 2022 Balenciaga ad. The Ashcroft decisi…