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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] Huckledebuck@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 year ago

Kids are gonna start finding porn the old-fashioned way: randomly coming across discarded magazines at the park. That was my first experience.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 year ago

Or torrents... It would be funny if this just ended up teaching new generations how to torrent.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Good luck finding a magazine anywhere any more. I assume they can still find it online from random small websites, like in the old days.

[-] Huckledebuck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I was kind of just pointing out that a lot of kids don't go out looking for porn. Porn somehow just shows up because adults are irresponsible.

[-] ErrorCode@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

"Woods" or "Field" porn was surprising common. I was honestly surprised to hear that was so many of my friends (and my) introduction to porn.

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Most people don't realize that porn reproduces naturally in the wild if given the proper habitat, etc.

[-] spyd3r@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Do kids even go wandering through the woods anymore, seems like all that land is housing developments now?

[-] Mpatch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Guess that's one way to get kids outside these days. Just scater some porn mag pages in the woods, modern-day scavenger hunt.

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