Summary
The Supreme Court signaled support for state-enforced age-verification laws for pornographic websites, as argued in Texas’ case.
Conservative justices cited the surge in children’s access to online pornography and technological changes, calling for reconsideration of past 1st Amendment rulings.
Texas’ law requires websites to confirm users are 18+, a model supported by 23 Republican-led states.
Critics argue it could chill adult free speech, but justices noted filtering software is ineffective. The court may uphold the law or send it back for further review by the 5th Circuit.
Red states are about to get even more “freedom”.
You get what you vote for.
I live in a state that has porn ID laws. I did not vote for this.
When the bill was signed into law was when I heard of it. I was fucking livid. Not a single peep from any of the many, many groups I’m a part of. It was almost like it was snuck through last minute.
I emailed my Republican representatives, which of course support the bill and sent me a form letter back.
These laws are impossible to repeal due to their “what about the children” arguments. I’m so fucking tempted to spear phish these assholes to publish their browser histories but who has the time.
As if republicans care about children. They want you having sex instead of masturbating. They want you poor from having kids instead of having an abortion or using contraceptives. They want more bodies to feed the us military complex.
This reminds me of a geroge carlin qoute
“They want live babies so they can make dead soldier”
It’s sad how it’s still relevant almost 30 years later.