U.S. Supreme Court will hear Texas anti-pornography law that challengers say violates free-speech rights
www.texastribune.org
Porn sites are not accessible in Texas as companies cite the onerous process and privacy issues associated with setting up age verification.

Porn sites are not accessible in Texas as companies cite the onerous process and privacy issues associated with setting up age verification.

  • rob200@endlesstalk.orgEnglish
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    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 if you don’t this this happens look up some of the biggest names cases and questionings and etc directed at these websites.

    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.
    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      How in god’s good green earth does this law do any of that? It only legally binds American companies, and only where the site is mostly NSFW content.

      Want porn? Go to a UK site. Or go to any site that’s 70% other content. Or if you’re 16 just Google “bikini” and wank to that.

      This accomplishes nothing except the illusion of action, virtue signaling to Christians, and restriction of law abiding adults. Waste of time and money. They should be focusing on real things, the like fact Texas is poor and getting poorer.

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      “In what people are calling the Ashley Madison breach of the porn world, fifty million users real life identities and viewing habits have been released on numerous leak sites.”

      No thanks, I’ll pass.

      • rob200@endlesstalk.orgEnglish
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        6 hours ago

        Yes. There are downsides such as privacy issues, but if it were to pass, it would give those types of sites, potentially some opportunities they wouldn’t have had before regarding official apps on appstores and just more legality assurance when a user is using them. It’s really a back and forth issue.

        • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          6 hours ago

          It really won’t. Apple doesn’t let any adult content of any kind on it, it’s a hard no. The playstore is likely similar but I honestly don’t know.

          It has nothing to do with the fact that minors might get to it, and everything to do with image.

          • rob200@endlesstalk.orgEnglish
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            6 hours ago

            Regarding image, the question might be, would nsfw sites with Id checks be a step up regarding image to Apple and Google Play. Many of these types of sites don’t currently require a credit card, or any real age verification at all, usually very minimally. When any do require, it’s for users In select locations.