Supreme Court's ruling practically wipes out free speech for sex writing online

Post by techjamie » Sun, Jul 13, 2025, 1:58 PM UTC

_Algernon_ wrote: post #138

baq wrote: post #135

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An id card is a bearer token. You can get an anonymous, cryptographically signed, certified legal bearer token confirming your age only , or identity or whatever by a centralized service, be it government or high trust private organizations who need to verify your identity anyway like banks. With some smarts you can probably make such a token yourself so the root bearer token issuer doesn’t have the one you use to br…

Which inevitably can be deanonymized after a simple law change, mandating the required data to be reported.

Post by like_any_other » Sun, Jul 13, 2025, 2:02 PM UTC

everdrive wrote: post #46

Others have said this, I'm sure, but this will move past porn _quickly_. Once there is agreed-up age verification for pornography, much of the professional internet will require identity verification to do _anything_. This is one of the bigger nails in the coffin for the free internet, and this true whether or not you're happy with all the pornography out there.

Post by Aachen » Sun, Jul 13, 2025, 2:15 PM UTC

mdavid626 wrote: post #799

_bent wrote: post #149

We've had kids accessing an Internet without any working age barriers for over 30 years now. There have been problems, be that grooming, Facebook parties and maybe addiction to TikTok. But being able to access adult content be that sexual or violent in nature doesn't really seem to have had much negative consequences. Sure I wouldn't want my 10 year old to see 2 girls 1 cup - but I reckon it wouldn't be the end of th…

So, you're saying that children/adults nowadays are not negatively affected by early sexual exposure? These are some of the negative effects, what early sexual exposure can cause: - unrealistic or harmful beliefs about sex, intimacy, and gender roles - sex disconnected from intimacy, respect, consent - anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, body image issues - broken families (one parent missing), divorce - problems w…

Post by mdavid626 » Sun, Jul 13, 2025, 2:29 PM UTC

Aachen wrote: post #835

mdavid626 wrote: post #799

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So, you're saying that children/adults nowadays are not negatively affected by early sexual exposure? These are some of the negative effects, what early sexual exposure can cause: - unrealistic or harmful beliefs about sex, intimacy, and gender roles - sex disconnected from intimacy, respect, consent - anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, body image issues - broken families (one parent missing), divorce - problems w…

Wait until you hear what issues the ubiquitous dihydrogen monoxide can cause! https://web.archive.org/web/19961031232918/http://media.circ... These points would greatly benefit from being put into perspective You can't seriously think a significant percentage of people are emotionally unstable because they looked up porn of their own will at an age of their own choosing, even if I trust that it can be listed as a con…

Post by watwut » Sun, Jul 13, 2025, 2:31 PM UTC

aaronmdjones wrote: post #793

watwut wrote: post #679

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Yeah, and my point is that the "pick up any book" thing is hiding the fact that selection is in fact seriously limited. And second, underaged kids can not checkout non kid material without adult in the loop. That part is simply not true, the librarian will say no to the child or ask for parents permission.

> hiding the fact that selection is in fact seriously limited If your goal is "prevent children from accessing adult material", it really isn't that limited. > underaged kids can not checkout non kid material without adult in the loop They don't need to. They can read it in the library; that's what libraries are for.