U.S. Supreme Court sides with the Consumer and Overturns a California Video Game Law
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In 2005, California passed a law that required special packaging for the sale or rental of “violent video games” to minors. According to the law, if the “violent video game” was not packaged properly sale of it was prohibited. However, this term the U.S. Supreme court declared the law unconstitutionally hindered freedom of speech in violation of the first amendment. The court found no compelling evidence to suggest there was a correlation between violent games and violence in children. The court noted that other forms of literature such as books and movies are also violent and the interactivity of video games provides no justification for a different standard. However, in their concurrences, justices Alito and Roberts did not preclude the possibility of some form of narrower legislation regulating video game violence.
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