Court Rules in Pornhub’s Favor in Finding Texas Age-Verification Law Violates First Amendment
variety.com
Score one for Pornhub: A federal judge ruled Thursday that a Texas law requiring pornography sites to institute age-verification measures — and add prominent warning labels about the alleged …
  • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It should be up to the parents. If they give a shit then they should deal with it. If they don’t then whatever. It shouldn’t be up to the government to decide and regulate it because they’re going to do a poor job creating the rules, and probably some conservatives are going to have things blocked that aren’t porn and are helpful to some kid’s sexual education because they’re regressive.

    • argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
      2·
      1 year ago

      some conservatives are going to have things blocked that aren’t porn and are helpful to some kid’s sexual education because they’re regressive.

      That sounds like the real motivation for this nonsense: not to protect kids from harm, but to protect their parents from the responsibility of properly educating them.

    • Otome-chan@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      as people say for hate speech laws: “if you aren’t wanting to show children anything sexual, then there shouldn’t be a problem. what do you wish to show kids that you think may be considered sexual?”

      naturally gov overreach is a concern even for speech but that doesn’t stop people from trying to regulate speech.

      I think ultimately though with the system in place mentioned, it wouldn’t completely block access to educational materials as parents could easily show that stuff to their kids if they so choose.