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US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Porn ID Law

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94 points mikece | 1 comments | 27 Jun 25 15:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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silverquiet ◴[27 Jun 25 16:19 UTC] No.44398028[source]▶
I'm a Texan and can't say I'm particularly a fan of the state politics or the current US Supreme Court, but at the same time, I can't say that this law particularly bothers me. I don't have children, and so I don't know if I can really understand what parents are dealing with in trying to ensure that their children are kept away from undesirable material, but it does seem rather difficult; I certainly don't envy them.
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1. DrillShopper ◴[27 Jun 25 19:00 UTC] No.44399340[source]▶
This law is a pretext to kill anonymous speech on the Internet. It always starts with porn.

The government here is asking porn companies to share the real identities with them (else age verification is not effective - you have to validate it against something). This will expand out to sites about abortion, contraception, gay advocacy, and trans advocacy. There's no way it won't.

This is a concerted attempt to get around limitations on restricting free speech by the one cool trick of asking for ID first.

Heeeeeeey, we could be asking for ID for any reason, it's definitely not to track you!/s