The Supreme Court on June 27 upheld a Texas law requiring pornographic websites verify users are at least 18, in a case that pitted concerns about protecting minors against worries about violating the First Amendment rights of adults.

The court split 6-3 along ideologically grounds with the three liberal justices dissenting.

Eighteen other, largely conservative states have enacted similar laws in recent years as access toa growing cache of online pornography has exploded and the material has become more graphic.

  • yeehaw
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    1412 days ago

    Probably going to see an uprise in things like lorawan or consumer-owned mesh networks.

    • Snot Flickerman
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      1212 days ago

      Essentially a return of the rural barbed wire phone network.

      Not connected to the larger internet, locally managed and controlled. I can even see pirates rolling out their own streaming services to people on the local mesh network.

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      412 days ago

      Most people can/t figure out how to change their password. Those technologies are going to have to get real easy real fast to get somewhere.

      I mean “one button” easy.

      • yeehaw
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        19 days ago

        You used to have to connect to the internet with dial up and give up your phone line. And here we are today.

        The time will come.

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          Yeah, those were the technically savvy groups. (They were by-and-large not technically savvy, but compared to the larger set of users they were.)

          The time will come as soon as someone makes it. Make all the choices for them, no options, one button. Go.