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.

  • @[email protected]
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    351 day ago

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

    • @[email protected]
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      1122 hours 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.

      • @[email protected]
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        320 hours 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
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      620 hours 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.

      • @[email protected]
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        23 hours ago

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

      • @Mpatch
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        17 hours 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.

      • @[email protected]
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        19 hours ago

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