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Ohio's new budget includes law requiring age verification for porn access (www.dispatch.com)
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The new law takes effect at the end of September.

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[โ€“] BremboTheFourth@piefed.ca 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It encompasses more than porn. That wording can mean whatever a judge wants it to mean. This is how people wind up in prison for talking about queerness in a positive light.

[โ€“] Ascrod@midwest.social 8 points 6 days ago

Exactly. And why stop there? They could decide that political speech is "obscene" and "harmful".

It's never about the children.