saschaec.bsky.social
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👤 Joined on 21 November 2024
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@saschaec.bsky.socialI'm delighted to share that my op-ed on the dangers of requiring age verification for porn sites--as the Supreme Court will soon be deciding on--was just published in @thehill: thehill.com/opinion/tech...
Show PostYes, this is bad for porn. But porn famously has no clear legal definition. As such: This is a direct path to censoring anything the GOP wants to censor and can argue is “adult” - info on birth control, queer identity, anything about trans people or gender diversity or safe sex or HIV or drag or
Show Post"In a scathing dissent, Kagan accused the majority decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton of diluting First Amendment protections for sexually explicit speech. “The majority’s opinion concluding to the contrary is, to be frank, confused. The opinion, to start with, is at war with itself.”
Show Post“Vague, sweeping laws to rein in online sexual content could end up censoring those who want to share information about sexual pleasure and health, talk about L.G.B.T.Q. issues, celebrate kink or even distribute woman-friendly, consent-focused erotica.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/o...
Show Post"The Supreme Court took a wrecking ball to Internet Law today in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton... The Internet will become yet another casualty in our modern federal and state governments’ ongoing efforts to damage or eviscerate the institutions Americans cherish."
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