Re: Right to pr0n overruled

On Jun 29, 2025 at 8:20:37 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

On 6/28/2025 7:01 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

 BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

 Jun 28, 2025 at 2:33:55 PM PDT, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:

 

 Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton

 

 Court allows Texas' law on age-verification for pornography sites
 By Amy Howe
 SCOTUSblog
 Jun 27, 2025
 
https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/06/court-allows-texas-law-on-age-verification-for-pornography-sites/

 

 Where is Larry Flynt when we need him?

 

 To protect children, Texas wrote the ultimate nanny state into law,
 denying adults the ability to surf for pr0n anonymously. The state law
 is not unconstitutional.

 

 Not unconstitutional, but easily mooted given the easy access to and use of
 VPNs.

 
 Here's an article listing a lot of anonymous speech cases. Generally,
 anonymity is protected with the major exception of campaign disclosure,
 
 Intriguingly, dissenting from a denial of cert, Clarence Thomas said
 there could be a need to protect campaign donors from disclosure in case
 of potential retribution, but he has no such concern here.
 
 Why wouldn't age verification infringe upon the right of anonymity?

 
Because, unless specified to the nearest microsecond, age doesn't
usefully identify an individual.

Yes, but the only practical way to verify people's age en masse is to require
them to provide an identity document, which typically provides more info than
just the person's age.