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root_axis ◴[] No.44544182[source]
> In fact, under the laws that the Supreme Court just upheld, prosecutors in Tennessee and South Dakota can even reach across state lines and prosecute writers on FELONY charges for a single paragraph of sexually-explicit writing on my site that they think "harmed" kids in their states, facing up to FIFTEEN years in prison, for failing to implement ID-checks on my dinky little free WordPress site.

> It's unlikely these interstate prosecutions would happen...

It might wind up being uncommon, but definitely not unlikely - it's basically assured that it will happen eventually, especially if the judge finds the text in question particularly or personally offensive.

I guess now is a great time to start a KYC company.

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pjc50 ◴[] No.44547821[source]
It's going to get used against trans and queer people. Someone will try to claim that a trans person in normal street clothes is "corrupting children", or that merely mentions of their existence is.
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1. heavyset_go ◴[] No.44555084[source]
This is already happening to queer people who dress in drag.