Honestly, one of the reasons that I am working to get scientists to do studies on my paradigm-shifting model of erotic intelligence, is because it may just be the thing that forces laws like this to back off.
Not that these laws are evidence based to start with… but at the moment there is no clear way to fight their claims of harm. The deVinery Method give sex positive law makers ground to stand on.
If you did implement something like "Stripe Identity" which is probably one of the most robust identity verification systems that complies with verification laws in over 100 jurisdictions a 5 hour long erotic novel would cost YOU $7.50 for the reader to finish that novel. That's fucking wild and no one can tell me that this is not 100% intended to just ban all porn from the US internet.
The Wikipedia article you linked to contradicts your claim that a “single paragraph” on your site would place you in legal trouble.
From the Wikipedia link:
In 2023, the Texas Legislature enacted House Bill 1181, a law requiring age-verification on websites with more than a third of its content "harmful to minors", by a broad bipartisan vote.
I’m not arguing the merits of the case, just suggesting a minor edit to your article as “more than a third” is a lot more than a “single paragraph”.
Hi John - the laws vary from state to state. Most states only create a civil cause of action (which still will exert a chilling effect on speech), and most states have a 33.33% "harmful to minors" content threshold.
The Tennessee and South Dakota laws are the two (so far) that carry criminal liability. Also, the South Dakota law is unique in that it applies to *any* content deemed harmful to minors, with no 33.33% threshold. It potentially applies interstate.
That is the one I was referring to when I talked about a single paragraph. See:
"What’s the second law I mentioned above? Just yesterday, South Dakota’s age verification law (House Bill 1053) went into effect, making it a Class 1 misdemeanor (punishable by a year in prison) for a first offence of publishing any material whatsoever, even one paragraph or image, deemed “harmful to minors.” A second offense is a Class 6 felony, punishable by up to two years in prison. The Supreme Court is totes cool with this."
Honestly, one of the reasons that I am working to get scientists to do studies on my paradigm-shifting model of erotic intelligence, is because it may just be the thing that forces laws like this to back off.
Not that these laws are evidence based to start with… but at the moment there is no clear way to fight their claims of harm. The deVinery Method give sex positive law makers ground to stand on.
If you did implement something like "Stripe Identity" which is probably one of the most robust identity verification systems that complies with verification laws in over 100 jurisdictions a 5 hour long erotic novel would cost YOU $7.50 for the reader to finish that novel. That's fucking wild and no one can tell me that this is not 100% intended to just ban all porn from the US internet.
The Wikipedia article you linked to contradicts your claim that a “single paragraph” on your site would place you in legal trouble.
From the Wikipedia link:
In 2023, the Texas Legislature enacted House Bill 1181, a law requiring age-verification on websites with more than a third of its content "harmful to minors", by a broad bipartisan vote.
I’m not arguing the merits of the case, just suggesting a minor edit to your article as “more than a third” is a lot more than a “single paragraph”.
Hi John - the laws vary from state to state. Most states only create a civil cause of action (which still will exert a chilling effect on speech), and most states have a 33.33% "harmful to minors" content threshold.
The Tennessee and South Dakota laws are the two (so far) that carry criminal liability. Also, the South Dakota law is unique in that it applies to *any* content deemed harmful to minors, with no 33.33% threshold. It potentially applies interstate.
That is the one I was referring to when I talked about a single paragraph. See:
"What’s the second law I mentioned above? Just yesterday, South Dakota’s age verification law (House Bill 1053) went into effect, making it a Class 1 misdemeanor (punishable by a year in prison) for a first offence of publishing any material whatsoever, even one paragraph or image, deemed “harmful to minors.” A second offense is a Class 6 felony, punishable by up to two years in prison. The Supreme Court is totes cool with this."
South Dakota House Bill 1257:
https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24615/264118
The laws were not written to protect the children. The laws were written for control, censorship, and worse.