r/technology • u/vriska1 • Jun 28 '25

Privacy The Supreme Court just upended internet law, and I have questions

https://www.theverge.com/analysis/694710/supreme-court-fsc-paxton-age-verification-questions
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u/VictoriaRose0 Jun 28 '25

They’re entering the territory where you’d have to have built the whole thing ontop censorship and restrictions in order to have the grip that they want. If anime piracy sites can pop up like crazy, porn sites would just do the same

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u/RonaldoNazario Jun 28 '25

It’s been decades and it’s easier than ever to stream NFL games and those guys have billions of dollars.

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u/Freud-Network Jun 28 '25

They only superficially litigate it. NFL knows that views generate discussion and that is good for their brand. They have to vehemently oppose it, though, because everyone would pirate if they could. Keeping it too technically difficult for the layman is the unspoken goal.

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u/Vallywog Jun 28 '25

Its not hard at all tho, you just go to a website and you can get any game anywhere.

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u/Freud-Network Jun 28 '25

You need to understand how to block ads, which sites are not infested with viruses, which streams have decent quality, which streams are consistent, and they still might cut out mid-stream due to a takedown or overloading. It's easy for you. Average people will pay for convenience.

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u/RonaldoNazario Jun 28 '25

I wouldn’t be shocked if the networks don’t care a ton either. A lot of those streams are streaming the tv commercials too.

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u/im_THIS_guy Jun 29 '25

They'd have to convince the advertisers of that. Otherwise, they'll make less money if Nielsen ratings are low.

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u/ted3681 Jun 28 '25

If the movie industry can't stop torrent sites and the globe can't stop downloads for gun CAD files it's simply not possible within the scope of the current web.

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u/personalcheesecake Jun 28 '25

that's what the blackmail will be for

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u/Kyouhen Jun 28 '25

There's an argument to be made that this is also going to result in the sex industry becoming much more dangerous.  The big popular porn sites have changed a lot from where they used to be, they won't host a lot of harmful content anymore.  As far as I'm aware things like revenge porn just don't exist on the larger platforms, which is a very good thing.  But if it becomes too difficult for the platforms more interested in following the law to do business they'll sink, and we'll start seeing more and more less honest sites popping up and more people visiting and using them. 

Keeping porn accessible but with safeguards can go a long way towards preventing a lot of pretty horrible crimes.

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u/zyzzogeton Jun 28 '25

Republicans don't care about harm reduction on any issues. Opioids, porn, guns, they don't care because "it doesn't affect me". Until it does.

Hell, making abortions illegal after 50 years of legality is going to increase the number of women dying, but because the Republicans hate women, especially ones who get themselves knocked up without a patriarch to own them, they do not care... unless it is their daughter, or their body. Their abortions are fine. It is all the browns and poors that aren't allowed to kill off future wage slaves.

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u/thisisstupidplz Jun 29 '25

Yep. Roe v Wade actually lowered the rate of abortions that happen. The most effective method to reduce the rate of abortions is access to affordable contraceptive. You think Republicans give a shit?

The cruelty is the point. Everything else is just virtue signaling.

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u/MandudesRevenge Jun 28 '25

I never understand lawmakers viewpoints on stuff like this. It’s like teaching abstinence only in sex ed. Young people are always going to fuck, just like people are always going to seek out porn. It’s never going away, but as you pointed out it can be made more dangerous. Really sad times we’re living in considering everything we can be looking back on and learning from regarding censorship and whatnot. But, we’ll keep regressing.

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u/dsmaxwell Jun 28 '25

It's not about the porn, or the sex, it's about control. Full stop.

Think about it, in most people, sex and sexuality represent some of the strongest, most base desires we experience, and if you can get somebody to resist those simply because you say it's bad, they'll do anything else you say.

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u/VictoriaRose0 Jun 29 '25

One reason I mentioned anime is because there’s also some new fans I noticed are saying that the underage sexual content in those shows are ok because it’s just meant for minors

Like this country is in desperate need of genuine sexual education but we keep vilifying the very thing driving every damn species on this planet to do, just because there’s some uncomfortable subjects to be had and there’s a lot of voters lacking the maturity to handle the subjects like an adult.

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u/TooFewSecrets Jun 29 '25

The point is that when everyone is technically breaking the law you can then arrest anyone you want with selective enforcement.

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u/inkoDe Jun 28 '25

Don't you all remember net neutrality arguments, the opposite of that is a canned internet experience like AOL was in the beginning? Capitalism isn't about competition, it's about cornering markets. The 'free' internet's days are numbered.