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 Talking dirty to minors, just like Miley Cyrus "twerking" on MTV or Janet Jackson having a "wardrobe malfunction" during prime time, is constitutionally protected free speech, the highest criminal court in Texas ruled Wednesday. 
  
 The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals struck down a section of a 2005 law that banned adults from sexually explicit online communication with children. 
  
 That means soliciting a person under the age of 17 for sex remains illegal, but talking dirty with a child is protected by the U.S. Constitution. 
  
 Judge Cathy Cochran, who penned the ruling, said the law "may protect children from suspected sexual predators before they ever express any intent to commit illegal sexual acts, but it prohibits the dissemination of a vast array of constitutionally protected speech and materials." 
  
 The opinion centered on a Harris County case in which a 53-year-old man was accused of sending sexually explicit text messages to a teenager with an intent to arouse or gratify his sexual desire. 
  
 "It's unclear whether the messages are serious or whether he was joking around," said attorney Grant Scheiner, who represented the man. "Nevertheless, he got charged with a crime." 
  
 Because the court tossed out the law, the charges against the man have been dismissed. 
  
 The court's ruling said the 2005 law makes illegal a "whole cornucopia of titillating talk or dirty talk" but would also outlaw online discussions of other sexually explicit content including famous works like "Lolita" "50 Shades of Grey" "Lady Chatterly's Lover" and Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida." 
  
 It's parents' job 
  
 Mark Bennett, the attorney who argued the case at the appellate level, applauded the court's decision. 
  
 "The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has protected free speech in the face of a challenge to free speech by the government," Bennett said. 
  
 Speaking about the impact of the ruling, Bennett said parents, not the government, should be policing who is talking to their children and what is being said. 
  
 "Parents have the job of dealing with this. This is not the government's job," he said. "Keep track of who your kids are communicating with and teach your kids what's appropriate and what's not." 
  
 In Wednesday's ruling, the court noted that online solicitation and other inappropriate behavior with children is already outlawed by other statutes. 
  
 The Texas Legislature passed the law to criminalize using the internet or electronic messages, including texts, to "lure" children into sexual situations. 
  
 Measure too broad 
  
 The opinion noted the law was so broad it could make it illegal to send messages, links or images about anything "sexually explicit" including television shows, movies and performances, which encompasses Jackson's 2004 Super Bowl show and Cyrus's dancing during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. 
  
 "Sexual expression which is indecent but not obscene is protected by the First Amendment," the opinion said. 
  
 Prosecutors were disappointed with the decision and said they are considering appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court. 
  
 "It's been a really valuable tool to help us capture folks who prey on children," said Alan Curry, chief of the Harris County District Attorney's appellate division. "We've been able to pull some really dangerous people off the street because of it." 
  
 Curry said pending cases would likely be dismissed and the office will have to review what to do about anyone convicted under the voided law. |||||
A Texas court has ruled that it's legal for adults to talk dirty to minors—as long as they don't solicit sex, reports the Austin American-Statesman. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals struck down part of a 2005 law that made it illegal to engage in sexually explicit talk online with kids. The judges decided that the law was too broadly written, reports the Houston Chronicle. It "may protect children from suspected sexual predators before they ever express any intent to commit illegal sexual acts, but it prohibits the dissemination of a vast array of constitutionally protected speech and materials," said the opinion. For example, it could be interpreted to outlaw discussions of everything from 50 Shades of Grey and Lolita to Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction and Miley Cyrus' twerking, said the judges, who added that existing laws already protect kids from predators. The case centered around a 53-year-old man accused of sending dirty texts to a teenager, charges that have now been dismissed. "Parents have the job of dealing with this," says his lawyer. "This is not the government's job." Prosecutors—who argued that “perverts will be free to bombard our children with salacious emails and text messages"—are considering a Supreme Court appeal.

Microsoft's online video ads that mocked Apple's latest crop of iPhones have been yanked, following what appears to be a poor reception by viewers. 
  
 (Credit: CNET) 
  
 Microsoft has removed a series of online video advertisements that were critical of Apple's latest iPhones, after they were up for just a few hours. 
  
 The videos, which began with the title "A fly on the wall in Cupertino?" depicted fictional meetings supposedly taking place at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. They were posted from Microsoft's Windows Phone YouTube account, and at nearly two minutes were unlikely to be shown on TV. 
  
 The advertisements were ill-received, and even mocked, on numerous social networks. Some observers also suggested that similarities between one of the fictional executives -- seen only from behind -- and late Apple CEO Steve Jobs were in poor taste. 
  
 The campaign "was intended to be a lighthearted poke at our friends from Cupertino. But it was off the mark, and we've decided to pull it down," a Microsoft representative told CNET. 
  
 For those who missed it, here's a mirrored version of the main video: 
  
 Update, 1:30 p.m. PT: Adds fact that multiple videos were part of the campaign. Updated again at 2:20 p.m. PT with comment from Microsoft. ||||| This video is unavailable. 
  
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Microsoft launched a series of online ads mocking Apple's new iPhones yesterday ... only to take them down a few hours later. The ads, titled "A fly on the wall in Cupertino?" featured send-ups of meetings between Apple staff and execs ("Remember the thing about how we were going to innovate the iPhone? ... What do you think when I say: new iPhone colors?" says one pretend staffer), but were mocked and derided on social media—particularly one ad that had someone impersonating the late Steve Jobs, reports CNET. A Microsoft rep admits the ad campaign was "off the mark." Although the videos have been taken off the Windows Phone YouTube account, nothing on the Internet is ever really gone, so here is a copy of one of the ads.

Call it the crack heard round the world. The glass bridge suspended more than 590 feet in the air in one of China's national parks cracked last week and was closed for repairs. 
  
 Dozens of people were on the suspension bridge, called Haohan Qiao, or "Brave Man's Bridge," in Shiniuzhai National Geological Park on Oct. 5 when a panel of glass shattered, the New York Times reports. The tourist attraction opened Sept. 20. 
  
 Chinese officials say tourists on the bridge were never in any danger, according to the story. They say "only one of three layers of glass" in the walkway shattered. They didn't say why the panel cracked. 
  
 Still, posts on the Chinese social media site Weibo said some visitors were scared. 
  
 "When I was almost at the end (of the bridge) there was a sudden loud bang and a tremor beneath my feet," one woman said in a Washington Post story. 
  
 Photos of the shattered panel on Weibo turned up on Twitter too. 
  
 China's bridge isn't the only one to suffer a crack. Last year, a pane of a glass walkway at London's Tower Bridge was smashed after a tourist dropped a bottle of beer. No one was hurt in the incident, and the walkway remained open. 
  
 ALSO ||||| "We're overwhelmed by the volume of visitors," a marketing and sales spokesperson for the bridge told CNN. The story notes the bridge was built to accommodate up to 8,000 people a day, but 10 times that many turned out to see the man-made attraction. ||||| (CNN) Visitors hoping to walk on the world's highest and longest glass-bottomed bridge will have to hold their breath. 
  
 The record-breaking structure hanging over China's Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon has closed Friday, just 13 days after it opened to the public on August 20. 
  
 "We're overwhelmed by the volume of visitors," a spokesperson from the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon's marketing and sales department told CNN, explaining that the bridge was the main draw of the canyon. 
  
 He added that the capacity of the glass bridge was limited to 8,000 visitors per day, but total demand was 10 times as much. 
  
 The famous bridge also brought renewed interest to other scenic spots in the area. |||||

China’s newest attraction is simply too popular for its own good. Officials closed the world’s tallest and longest bridge only 13 days after it opened because demand has been too great. "We're overwhelmed by the volume of visitors," a spokesperson for the attraction told CNN. The 1,410-foot bridge hangs 1,000 feet above the stunning Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, setting for the movie Avatar. At 20 feet wide and with a glass bottom offering staggering views, the bridge in Hunan Province has drawn tens of thousands of thrill-seekers since it opened Aug. 20. Capacity is limited to 8,000 people per day but the demand has been 10 times as high, CNN reports. (It costs $20 to go on the bridge.) A statement via the Weibo blog site said management shut the bridge on Friday due to "urgency to improve and update" it. Officials told CNN the bridge isn’t compromised and there have been no accidents. They have boasted previously about the span’s fortitude, driving a car across it, and inviting people to take a crack at the glass with a sledgehammer. (Though stiletto heels are not allowed.) Designed by Israeli architect Haim Dotan from 99 three-layered glass panes, the bridge was set to serve as a catwalk for fashion shows and as the base for the world's highest bungee-jumping site.There was no word on when the bridge would reopen, but disappointed visitors have other glass-bottomed options in China such as Haohan Qiao, or “Brave Man’s Bridge,” in Shiniuzhai National Geological Park, the Los Angeles Times reports. (Though a panel once shattered in that span.)

