The U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 on Tuesday to extend an injunction against the Child Online Protection Act.

The law is designed to keep minors away from pornographic material. But the majority of the court questioned whether its goes too far by restricting constitutional rights.

The case was sent back to a lower court to determine whether COPA's provisions are legal. The law, signed in 1998, imposes fines of $50,000 and up to six months in prison for commercial sites that knowingly allow minors to access pornography.

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