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.

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    So what they’re saying is that times have changed and things that used to be considered rights guaranteed by the Constitution need to change with the times.

    I’m sure this logic can be applied to other rights as well, as long as those rights aren’t laid out in any amendments that come after 1 and before 3.

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    I like that the arguement is that there are technical limitations to age restricting graphic content, so the best course of action is limiting people’s rights.

    Seems like people’s rights should be more important.

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    Do changes in technology justify curbing the second amendment, too, or just the first? I mean, guns have certainly changed a lot since the bill of rights was written.

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      I’m sure it doesn’t apply to only the 1st amendment! They’ll apply it to all the other amendments too (unless they don’t want to)

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    “Come on man, just give us an ID linked to your IP address! We won’t use it for anything, I swear! We will also make sure it is kept in the most secure servers!”

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      I’m shocked that the DoD doesn’t step in to slap down this kind of insecure shit. Leaking more personal details to more parties is a national security nightmare.

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        The DoD is salivating over this one. They get to link IPs to passports.

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    Can’t wait for all Red states to instantly mirror the Taliban government.

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      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.

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        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.