Can Texas and other red states limit children from instant access to vast amounts of online pornography? The Supreme Court will decide.

Summary

The Supreme Court signaled support for state-enforced age-verification laws for pornographic websites, as argued in Texas’ case.

Conservative justices cited the surge in children’s access to online pornography and technological changes, calling for reconsideration of past 1st Amendment rulings.

Texas’ law requires websites to confirm users are 18+, a model supported by 23 Republican-led states.

Critics argue it could chill adult free speech, but justices noted filtering software is ineffective. The court may uphold the law or send it back for further review by the 5th Circuit.

  • rob200@endlesstalk.orgEnglish
    15·
    7 hours ago

    I can see some benefits to this.

    1. nsfw content might now be even more legally protected I the u.s if viewers are defacto 18 or older. You can argue all night if it’s moral, but as a varified legal age viewer, no government will show up at the websites door over minors accessing. If you don’t think this happens look up some of the biggest names cases and questionings and etc directed at these kinds websites over the years.

    It might actual get these nsfw a more official standing, as even today these types of sites are seen as small 3rd partys. They don’t have apps on Google play. But having these types of things in place might make nsfw sites more likely to get an appstore app in the future.

    1. If minors cannot just easily join such a site like these, and upload nsfw content, your content is much more likely to be legal viewing privately in your home.