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Anti-porn bills could force device makers to censor sexual material

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> One of these anti-pornography bills was passed into law in 2021 in Utah but cannot go into effect unless five additional states pass similar laws — a provision included to prevent Big Tech companies from isolating the state after passing the law.

Ok so they have to isolate five small states instead? I don't think the tech companies will worry until California, New York, or Texas pass this law.

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At least it's possible to reconfigure the device you own to obey your own wishes and not that of the manufacturer's.

Oh wait, no it's not, Apple can censor anything that an iPhone can display, and any jurisdiction Apple operates in can compel them to do such and the device owners would have no workaround.

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post #6

Puritan americans going to ruin everything if they can.

Well, Americans made my phone, the backbone of the internet, and maybe the porn too

If the first two can be a result of tax-funded research, we need tax-funded porn too!

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post #6

Puritan americans going to ruin everything if they can.

Well, Americans made my phone, the backbone of the internet, and maybe the porn too

Im pretty sure the 'puritan americans' made none of those things
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