OA767: Porn - Won't Someone PLEASE Think of the Children?? (feat. Ari Cohn)
Added 2023-06-27 05:45:04 +0000 UTCToday, Liz and Andrew welcome back First Amendment expert Ari Cohn to break down Texas HB 1181, an anti-porn bill that will require websites to verify your age and also append a bunch of lies in the form of made-up "disclaimers" about the supposed harms of pornography.
We also break down the latest in the Trump documents case and make fun of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for more than just the porn thing. You won't want to miss it!
This is an unpaid post on Patreon.
Notes
Texas HB 1181
https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=88R&Bill=HB1181
Comments
Gore Vidal reads well in Braille, I’m told
Opening Arguments
2023-06-28 05:06:24 +0000 UTCFYI, PLAYBOY used to have, and may still, a Braille edition.
Ann Sharp
2023-06-28 04:30:54 +0000 UTCI was wondering when they'd get around to banning VPN's. Make no mistake, the govt wants a full surveillance state.
A Patreon of the Ahts
2023-06-28 00:09:05 +0000 UTCWoah, slippery slope [pun intentional] this was another really interesting deep dive [argh, Fran!] Sorry kids.
fran reichenbach
2023-06-27 17:33:11 +0000 UTCQuick addendum: pornhub and multiple other sites outright no longer work here in Utah.
Loaf of Orange
2023-06-27 08:00:40 +0000 UTCUtah resident with an IT background here. I haven't finished the episode yet but the ID portion of the Texas bill is almost word for word the same as what was passed in Utah last month(that is what is going on in Utah that Liz references BTW). There is no way for us to safely use any porn site since requires that a 3rd party(typically the site itself not the state) runs the ID check and it has to be full info of our driver's license. That is horrifying to anyone with even the slightest understanding of how unsafe that kind of system will be. The Utah law also bans VPNs as well as a side note. Although there was like a 1000% increase in the search of VPNs in the state(stat is not 100% accurate I just know it was incredibly high). If the Texas law isn't a copy of the Utah one then you would have fun ripping the Utah one apart as well.
Loaf of Orange
2023-06-27 07:58:45 +0000 UTC
