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US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Porn ID Law

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94 points mikece | 3 comments | 27 Jun 25 15:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.624s | source
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ceejayoz ◴[27 Jun 25 16:01 UTC] No.44397838[source]▶
So how broad is this?

Can a state now require you to verify your age and identity to read a newspaper they don't like?

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giarc ◴[27 Jun 25 16:10 UTC] No.44397939[source]▶
Not unless that newspaper is "more than one-third sexual material".
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1. dilippkumar ◴[27 Jun 25 16:22 UTC] No.44398053[source]▶
So pornhub needs to see how many terabytes of content they host and use AI to generate 2x more terabytes of cat pictures and add them to a compliance tab on their home page now?

Seems annoying but not impossible to do.

Edit: I am happy to build a cat pic to porn ratio audit company if anyone is interested. I want to participate in the funniest regulatory process this will create

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2. reverendsteveii ◴[27 Jun 25 16:51 UTC] No.44398295[source]▶
doubly so because you can create the cat pictures and make them technically accessible just by hosting them but you don't have to provide equal means of access between the cat pictures and the "cat" pictures. Users are guided to the content that they're actually there for and anyone who actually wants to see feline photos can navigate to their URLs manually. Every pic uploaded triggers generating another cat pic (or subtly altering one that exists) and now no minors are protected but your operating costs have gone up by a little bit and the government has established that it gets to decide what is appropriate for minors and can use violence to force the entire internet to meet that definition.
3. AudiomaticApp ◴[27 Jun 25 18:54 UTC] No.44399288[source]▶
Contact vx underground, they'd be happy to help