cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4221949
Court Rules in Pornhub’s Favor in Finding Texas Age-Verification Law Violates First Amendment::A Texas law requiring age-verification measures for porn sites, challenged by Pornhub and others, violates the First Amendment, a judge ruled.
So kids shouldn’t be exposed to pornography, right?
Absolutely. But the law needs to be applied correctly, and this one particllular law couldn’t be applied based on certain observations reported here in the comment section too. Preexisting tools are •parental control •sites blocked by the isp •age verification tools that don’t impact on user privacy, such as using a credit card associated to an account More importantly, if we are to force age verifications, we should access a method with clear and well designated steps, not just a vague idea, as well as defining what is adult content. This is substantially the argument here: freedom of expression, data privacy.
As long as we agree on that