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First Porn, Now Skin Cream? ‘Age Verification’ Bills Are Out Of Control | Techdirt

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First Porn, Now Skin Cream? ‘Age Verification’ Bills Are Out Of Control
I’m old enough to remember when age verification bills were pitched as a way to ‘save the kids from porn’ and shield them from other vague dangers lurking in the digital world (like…“the …
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March 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Senator Tries Bringing Anti-Porn Age Verification Law to New York

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Senator Tries Bringing Anti-Porn Age Verification Law to New York
“The internet is a dangerous place for children, rife with sexual material that is harmful to minors," the Republican lawmakers wrote. "The ease of access to this material is downright scary."
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February 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Sixth Circuit Rolls Back Injunction Against Tennessee’s Unconstitutional Age Verification Law | Techdirt

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Sixth Circuit Rolls Back Injunction Against Tennessee’s Unconstitutional Age Verification Law
Well, that didn’t take long. A short-lived win for civil liberties and the Free Speech Coalition has been undone by the Sixth Circuit Appeals court. The reasoning behind the roll back of the …
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January 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Pinkslump linkdump (18 Jan 2025) – Cory Doctorow

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January 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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The Most Important SCOTUS Case You’ve Never Heard Of - Dame Magazine

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The Most Important SCOTUS Case You’ve Never Heard Of | Dame Magazine
On January 15, 2025, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a court case called Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton. It hasn’t gotten a lot of press, and if you have heard of it, there’s a good chance y...
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January 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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SCOTUS Won’t Hear the Real Reason Porn Age-Verification Laws Are Spreading

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January 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Pornhub Is Now Blocked In Almost All of the U.S. South

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Pornhub Is Now Blocked In Almost All of the U.S. South
As of today, three more states join the list of 17 that can't access Pornhub because of age verification laws.
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January 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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41 Percent of Americans Live Under Age Verification Laws Targeting Porn | Techdirt

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41 Percent of Americans Live Under Age Verification Laws Targeting Porn
Age verification laws saw an unfathomable renaissance in 2024. It’s quite frightening to see a political class of predominately far-right Christian nationalists implement the anti-porn vision …
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December 30, 2024 at 10:13 PM
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Pornhub will block access for Floridians on Jan. 1

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Pornhub will block access for Floridians on Jan. 1
Restrictions will take place in protest of the state's new age verification requirements.
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December 17, 2024 at 8:33 PM
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The business of scanning kids faces is booming

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The business of scanning kids faces is booming
Online age checks could fuel a profound expansion in government oversight of the internet and create an "authoritarian nightmare," so why are they becoming so popular?
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September 24, 2024 at 10:08 PM
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Didn’t We Already Do This? Twenty Years After Supreme Court Rejected Age Verification Law, It Takes Up New Case | Techdirt

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Didn’t We Already Do This? Twenty Years After Supreme Court Rejected Age Verification Law, It Takes Up New Case
Just when you thought the internet was safe from the meddling minds of the Supreme Court, the Justices have decided to take another crack at reviewing whether or not a new set of state regulations …
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July 8, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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Yet Another ID Verification Service Breached, Exposing Private Info Collected On Behalf Of Uber, TikTok & More | Techdirt

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Yet Another ID Verification Service Breached, Exposing Private Info Collected On Behalf Of Uber, TikTok & More
As more and more governments try to pass more and more laws requiring age verification, some of us keep pointing out that age verification will cause a ton of harm. For all the talk of how it’s nec…
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June 28, 2024 at 8:18 PM
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Porn site operators sue Indiana attorney general over user age verification law | Courthouse News Service

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Porn site operators sue Indiana attorney general over user age verification law
One-third of all U.S. states have enacted or considered enacting laws requiring users to verify their age before they can view adult content on the internet.
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June 11, 2024 at 11:40 PM
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Top EU Court Says There’s No Right To Online Anonymity, Because Copyright Is More Important | Techdirt

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Top EU Court Says There’s No Right To Online Anonymity, Because Copyright Is More Important
A year ago, Walled Culture wrote about an extremely important case that was being considered by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the EU’s top court. The central question was wheth…
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June 7, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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US Supreme Court won't halt Texas age verification for online porn | Reuters

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US Supreme Court won't halt Texas age verification for online porn
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to block a Texas law requiring online age verification in order to access pornographic websites in a case pitting the Republican-led state's effort to keep adult content away from minors against constitutional free speech protections.
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April 30, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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Chaturbate Will Pay Texas $675,000 for Violating New Porn Age Verification Law

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Chaturbate Will Pay Texas $675,000 for Violating New Porn Age Verification Law
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the popular porn webcam site in March.
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April 27, 2024 at 1:23 AM
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SCOTUS Needs To Take Up The Texas Age Verification Lawsuit | Techdirt

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SCOTUS Needs To Take Up The Texas Age Verification Lawsuit
I think we could witness one of the most important First Amendment legal showdowns ever. The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to rule on the constitutionality of mandatory age verification for por…
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April 19, 2024 at 9:32 PM