The court's decision highlights growing concerns over government overreach, online privacy, free speech, and digital ID in internet content regulation.The Texas online age verification law (the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act) has been temporarily blocked by a district judge who granted a preliminary injunction motion.SCOPE is one of the laws cropping up in the US meant to better protect children on the internet, but critics are consistently pointing out that this type of legislation threatens minors’ protected speech and promotes online digital ID that curbs online anonymity for all.We obtained a copy of the order for you here.
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This attack had been under my radar until recently, when my MAGA dad brought up the Australia version and it seemed like a good idea to him... how obvious that we prevent young kids from accessing certain sites? Much virtue.
Never occurred to him that it slopes into KYC for everyone for all sites and that 4D chess can work both ways.
Stay frosty.
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