At the same time, this law was manifestly meant to serve as a foot in the door towards increased online surveillance (there is no such thing as "online age verification" for just minors) with the obvious aim of stifling constitutionally protected speech. Seems like a reasonable (and very straightforward) ruling.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornhub#Non-consensual_pornogr...
1. They purportedly did a really shitty job of handling a report of CSAM 14 years ago.
2. They have the same problem with occasional abhorrent content every platform for user-submitted content has, except that they've taken stronger steps to reduce it by attempting to verify that everyone in uploaded content has consented to being in it.
Would we really call that 'pretty disgusting', if not for the consistent effort of conservative activists and thinkpiece journalists to frame the site in the most unfavourable terms possible?
Mind you, when will the legal system admit it non-consensually forces itself onto people from the day one is born? I wonder who does more harm especially as we are supposed to live in a democracy where we can pick and choose our politicians and thus legislators, and yet the state doesn't teach law to people in a tldr way.
The legal system is certainly dictatorial in a fascist dictator way, so does that make law abiding citizens little fascist dictators, who use a mere transgression of the law, to unload their pent up frustration of violence on those around them?
I will say this, the US constitution is so vague, its barely worth repeating let along harping back to for court cases.
Time to update the constitution for the 21st century, unless it should be viewed simply as a tldr in todays modern times?
If the Christian Church can recognise it needed a New Testament, then why not a new US constitution. I'm sure many of religious followers would accept the need for change and updates, as technology and business in general demonstrates on a daily basis.
Or is the resistance to change simply demonstrating peoples needs or desires to live in some rose tinted past of human history, that has white washed the abominations of the past?
If it does, should these people be making decisions for lots of people?