Summary
The Supreme Court’s hearing of Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton signals potential limits on First Amendment protections for online pornography.
The case involves a Texas law mandating age verification for websites with “sexual material harmful to minors,” challenging the 2004 Ashcroft v. ACLU precedent, which struck down similar laws under strict scrutiny.
Justices, citing the inadequacy of modern filtering tools, seemed inclined to weaken free speech protections, exploring standards like intermediate scrutiny.
The ruling could reshape online speech regulations, leaving adults’ access to sexual content uncertain while tightening restrictions for minors.
Define “sexual material.” What about the minors who get sexual gratification from Linux installation media repository mirrors?
sudo apt-get install boobiesI’m not a minor but WHO TOLD YOU ABOUT MY KINK?!
You can sudo mount and fork my box anytime…
Can I watch through my dirty unwashed windows?
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There’s an entire fediverse dedicated to it. It’s called Lemmy.
To quote a former Supreme Court justice and asshole, “I know it when I see it.”
Seems a bit redundant there.
Soon *nix will be the only legal fetish. Until they get to it.
They’ll probrally say “nooo those programming socks and skirts are indecent, banned”