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US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Porn ID Law

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Re: US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Porn ID Law

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Post by josefresco »

aa_is_op wrote: post #2

This will just drive people to non-compliant foreign sites. They just killed their own adult industry, who is gonna take their business and taxes elsewhere

Someone in this chain of corruption probably owns a VPN company or another entity benefitting (short term) from this ban.

Re: US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Porn ID Law

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Post by rendleflag »

josefresco wrote: post #5
aa_is_op wrote: post #2

This will just drive people to non-compliant foreign sites. They just killed their own adult industry, who is gonna take their business and taxes elsewhere

Someone in this chain of corruption probably owns a VPN company or another entity benefitting (short term) from this ban.

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Re: US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Porn ID Law

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Post by vel0city »

ceejayoz wrote: post #3

So how broad is this? Can a state now require you to verify your age and identity to read a newspaper they don't like?

Let me start off saying I'm not a fan of this law. I don't think these requirements are workable with current technology, and I don't necessarily agree with the goals or that the goals are worth the side effects of the regulations.

> Can a state now require you to verify your age and identity to read a newspaper they don't like?

Most states have laws in place that regulate the sale and distribution of pornography and other "obscene" materials. This has been true for a long, long time. So yes, states have had the ability to require you to show ID to get a "newspaper" they don't like, assuming that newspaper is actually just pornography/obscenity. I don't think most people would argue Pornhub are news sites though.

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