end0flineSep 1, 2023

Court Rules in Pornhub’s Favor in Finding Texas Age-Verification Law Violates First Amendment

https://startrek.website/post/1323520

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4221949 [https://lemmy.world/post/4221949] > Court Rules in Pornhub’s Favor in Finding Texas Age-Verification Law Violates First Amendment::A Texas law requiring age-verification measures for porn sites, challenged by Pornhub and others, violates the First Amendment, a judge ruled.

Show threadStrangleSep 1, 2023
Okay, but can we all agree that kids shouldn’t be exposed to pornography?
Show threadSCBSep 1, 2023
Define “kids”
Show threadStrangleSep 1, 2023
Oh boy……
Show threadSCBSep 1, 2023

From my post explaining the judgment in non-legalese above

4: “sweep” of law (that is, who it is designed to protect) is unclear due to widely varying harm between different levels of minors. For instance, sites that offer sex Ed to older teens would also be impacted

Show threadStrangleSep 1, 2023

I’m just trying to make sure you guys agree that kids shouldn’t be exposed to pornography.

Some fucking retard is asking me to define ‘kids’ and ‘pornography’

Everyone immediately downvoting my comment of ‘you guys don’t think kids should be exposed to pornography, right?’

I think this is an important distinction. We need to start there and then we can move forward and find ways to protect them from it.

But it makes sense to make sure we are starting from the same place.

The dude asking about what kids and pornography means is probably a fucking creep

Show threadCaptainAlcohol
I don’t see anyone saying that. They’ve been explaining why this law wouldn’t pass and why it wouldn’t be effective. You can do better…
Sep 1, 2023 at 1:59pmWeb
Show threadStrangleSep 1, 2023
So kids shouldn’t be exposed to pornography, right?
Show threadCaptainAlcoholSep 1, 2023
Absolutely. But the law needs to be applied correctly, and this one particllular law couldn’t be applied based on certain observations reported here in the comment section too. Preexisting tools are •parental control •sites blocked by the isp •age verification tools that don’t impact on user privacy, such as using a credit card associated to an account More importantly, if we are to force age verifications, we should access a method with clear and well designated steps, not just a vague idea, as well as defining what is adult content. This is substantially the argument here: freedom of expression, data privacy.
Show threadStrangleSep 1, 2023
As long as we agree on that