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Re:Major pornography site blocks users in NC in response to ... by jqpabc123 on Sunday December 31, 2023 @09:44AM (#38824369)
Officials explained that companies will be able to use commercially available databases to verify that users are old enough to access their content.

How?

There is no "commercially available database" that can detect if a child is using their parent's name.

There is no "commercially available database" that can detect if a child is using a photo of their parent's ID.

Kids are smarter than conservative lawmakers.

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Re:Major pornography site blocks users in NC in response to ... by aifooh7Keew6xoo on Sunday December 31, 2023 @09:50AM (#38824405)
It should be pretty clear from the language what the intent is.

You need to pay their cronies the protection fee or something unfortunate might happen to your porn site.

With a side helping of pandering to the christofascist base, which laps up transparent corruption up as long as they flog the sinners a few times a session.

It is, quite simply, why I left North Carolina.

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