As more and more states pass laws targeting “pornographic material” in books and online, they are repeatedly running up against a problem: The Bible has not just a few passages that could be considered indecent
That law is a complete waste of time. It’s inevitable its going to be overturned (if theres at least a shred of common sense in the Virginia courts)
The majority of porn sites don’t even bother trying to comply with laws like this and there’s nothing state governments can do about it.
Yep, sites that wish to comply with the new regulation simply block traffic from those states. Search results for VPNs increase sharply for a few days and nothing really changes.
Laws arn’t that easy to pass, makes you think if that effort was put into something constructive instead of reinforcing that prohibition doesn’t work…
The law makes it so a person can sue a website operator for making explicit content available without using a commercial ID verification service. This law applies if the site’s contents contain > 33% of whatever-the-legal-term-for-basically-porn is.
It was made because a legislator is unable to figure out how to set up content filters for their kids: https://wtop.com/virginia/2023/07/why-am-i-getting-threats-seriously-your-porn-va-state-senator-sparks-outrage-with-age-verification-law/
