How is it these laws can get passed but our legislatures can’t do anything that’s actually important for society? 
It’s so much worse than that. North Carolina House Bill 8 was created a year ago to add Computer Science to middle school and high school curriculums. Throughout it’s 3 edits over the year, all 10 pages of the bill were about teaching kids computer science. Then, ONE WEEK before the bill was passed, a paragraph on the last page was added including the text requiring age verification for adult websites. https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookup/2023/H8
At that point it was too late, and anyone against the bill would be called out for being against teaching kids computer science. The cowards writing these bills know that they would be shot down immediately if they were public about what they were doing, so they tack it on to a children’s education bill and hope no one notices until it’s too late.
That kind of shit should really be illegal
It is illegal where I live. I imagine it’s illegal in most developed countries. Bills can only have one purpose, they can’t combine unrelated things.
I’ve heard of several cases in the USA where they combine unrelated things to mess with voters. Even this one is kinda related but school education plus internet censorship. Split that shit up and let the people vote for what they want.
Edit: it’s a rider
“Several cases?” Lol
Virtually every bill that passes in Congress contains riders and typically only passes because of those riders.
I think I just had my worst American brain moment. Definitely assumed this was common everywhere and am in shock it’s not. Must be nice lol
Other countries have actual middle-class structures, so I can only assume so.
Thank goodness it’s illegal in New York
Well, why not vote against it and defend yourself when accused of voting against education?
I don’t count on the average American voter to understand nuance
I wouldn’t wanna be on the side that constantly keeps allowing this. Oh well, money > people.
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The legislators passing these laws are interested only in hurting people, getting bribes, and getting reelected so they can continue. Doing something important for society doesn’t even factor into their decision making.
It’s real generous of these states to boost business for VPN companies like this
Classic big government nanny state move. That political party which claims to be against this sort of overreach must be upset over it, right?
In other news: Reports of malware on home users’ PCs spike in North Carolina and Montana.
BUT MAH FREEDOMS!!!
At least the yokels stuck it to the libs before they had all their extra-depraved porn taken away.
Hey! That porn’s sneaking over the border and stealing their jobs!
I typically hate this sort of low effort comment, but I feel like the best response is: lol.
Party of small gubermnt
This feels like a co-ordinated attack on LGBT porn more than anything.
I give this 6 months before the list of visitors is released…
Nothing what my VPN can’t handle…
North Carolina and Montana just flipped some folks from red to blue “for reasons…”
Meanwhile, the other sites are promoting trans anal piss porn, so that’s what I’m into now I guess, since that’s the only option.
Don’t worry, yiff (furry porn) always makes it past safe search and content blockers, so you will have at least one other category. I’m sure that blocking mundane porn won’t backfire at all :)
The world isn’t ready for conservative furry states.
What could possibly go wrong
distant, horrified screaming
Freedom!
As someone who has struggled with addiction to lust and pornography from a very young age, I’m disappointed by some of the reactions I’m seeing here.
These laws have nothing to do with mental health and social responsibility, and everything to do with weaponizing sexuality as a means to control a population.
If, instead of demonizing and hiding porn from the light of day, we promoted healthier approaches and open ideas you’d probably have better access to dealing with your addictions.
Pornhub isn’t the cause of your problems, it’s just a convenient scape goat to blame for the result of puritanical bullying.
13 downvotes, zero replies. Interesting.
I do not care. I’ve seen and felt personally the effects of Pornography, and I will never back down against it.
To be clear, I do not believe the government should be allowed to censor media, or that the whatever American political party is behind a law.
All I know is that as long as children have access to pornography, I will fight to my dying breath against it.
Why? Simple. I do not want another human being to experience what I have.
So, downvote me all you like.
I wish everyone a pleasant day.
When someone has peanut allergy it’s not a reason to ban peanuts.
