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{{short description|Obscenity test in U.S. law}} {{for multi|the algorithm in computer science|Miller–Rabin primality test|the graduate school entrance exam|Miller Analogies Test}} The '''''Miller''''' '''test''', also called the '''three-prong obscenity test''', is the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]]'s test for determining whether speech or expression can be labeled [[obscene]], in which case it is not protected by the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution]] and can be prohibited.<ref name=3prong>{{citation|url=http://courses.cs.vt.edu/cs3604/lib/Censorship/3-prong-test.html|title=Three Prong Obscenity Test|work=Professionalism in Computing|publisher=Virginia Tech|access-date=June 28, 2010|archive-date=February 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209202626/http://courses.cs.vt.edu/cs3604/lib/Censorship/3-prong-test.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Metcalf |first1=J. Todd |title=Obscenity Prosecutions in Cyberspace: The Miller Test Cannot 'Go Where No [Porn] Has Gone Before' |journal=Washington University Law Review |date=1 January 1996 |volume=74 |issue=2 |pages=481–523 |url=https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_lawreview/vol74/iss2/9/ }}</ref>
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