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Supreme Court (SCOTUS) upholds a Texas law that requires porn websites to verify that their visitors are 18 or older, rejecting a First Amendment challenge to the law (www.eff.org)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Today’s decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton is a direct blow to the free speech rights of adults. The Court ruled that “no person—adult or child—has a First Amendment right to access speech that is obscene to minors without first submitting proof of age.” This ruling allows states to enact onerous age-verification rules that will block adults from accessing lawful speech, curtail their ability to be anonymous, and jeopardize their data security and privacy. These are real and immense burdens on adults, and the Court was wrong to ignore them in upholding Texas’ law.

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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I wonder what all the "pro-porn", "pro-free speech", gamergate republican pundits on the internet have to say about this...

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 31 points 1 day ago (3 children)

sex is bad but dropping bombs on muslims is okay

[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Strangely the right to life crowd really loves killing people. However I do think it is unfair to label them as anti-muslim, because the also love killing children, women, the poor... Basically anyone who is not rich and male.

[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 14 points 1 day ago

And now those VPN subscriptions go up, up, up.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

The headline got me on the first third.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 93 points 2 days ago (50 children)

But there's no such legislation or required identification for my kids to see graphic violence and gore. We're a pretty bass ackwards society.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

ironic you self censored "ass backwards" on a comment calling out censorship.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

they wrote ass backwards ass backwards. It's a joke, not self censorship.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

We're so ass backwards my go-to thought was the censored version.

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[–] Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 75 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Free speech only applies to saying the N word

-Supreme Court probably some time in the future

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Ah, the ol in haec verba Tarantino rule

[–] basiclemmon98@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Am I the only one who beleives that it would have been a more effective arguement to try and use the 4th amendment instead of the 1st? Violating free speech is just a weak claim, but "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches..." seems quite relevent here. But I am also not a lawyer.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

I thought they just stuck down the one in Tennessee? What the fuck. Sick of these corrupt courts.

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