I get the argument that porn is protected free speech & I mostly agree with it (I also understand the counterargument that makes some valid points), but we've had porn requiring proof of age since forever. If age requirements/background checks don't violate the 2nd amendment, how does it for the 1st? Does social media like X having a min age of 13 violating the free speech rights of 12 yr olds??
Perhaps the most absurd thing about this is that back when they used to sell physical porn magazines at the gas station or whatever, they would check IDs. Nobody ever complained that their First Amendment rights were violated.
If age requirements/background checks don't violate the 2nd amendment, how does it for the 1st?
They do violate the 2nd amendment, it's just most people don't care.
That said, I personally feel the main issue with the porn bill is:
“People will be particularly concerned about accessing controversial speech when the state government can log and track that access,” Ezra wrote. “By verifying information through government identification, the law will allow the government to peer into the most intimate and personal aspects of people’s lives.”
Yes, this already exists with gun laws. And, I do not think they should exist with gun laws. But, there's a big difference between having to flash a driver's license to some bored store clerk to the government keeping logs of who is visiting particular websites, when and for how long. Especially because governments are already locking people up for saying naughty things online - how long until they start locking people up for reading naughty things online?
how long until they start locking people up for reading naughty things online?
They already are, just not as directly as they will try to in the future. Past internet history is being used to stack addition charges on people, or simply smear their character to push a sentence, even if it has nothing to do with the alleged crime.
I get the argument that porn is protected free speech & I mostly agree with it (I also understand the counterargument that makes some valid points), but we've had porn requiring proof of age since forever. If age requirements/background checks don't violate the 2nd amendment, how does it for the 1st? Does social media like X having a min age of 13 violating the free speech rights of 12 yr olds??
https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1697601596094603418
They do violate the 2nd amendment, it's just most people don't care.
That said, I personally feel the main issue with the porn bill is:
Yes, this already exists with gun laws. And, I do not think they should exist with gun laws. But, there's a big difference between having to flash a driver's license to some bored store clerk to the government keeping logs of who is visiting particular websites, when and for how long. Especially because governments are already locking people up for saying naughty things online - how long until they start locking people up for reading naughty things online?
They already are, just not as directly as they will try to in the future. Past internet history is being used to stack addition charges on people, or simply smear their character to push a sentence, even if it has nothing to do with the alleged crime.