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>There have been multiple bills circulating on he state level that have the crazy idea that we can fight porn and sexual abuse by putting a $20 fee to be able to access "adult content" on all electronic devices. Not sure the chances of'em becoming law but its scary that they are even getting into debate. I hear Rhode Island's is the worst of them.
So basically another way to capitalize pornography and make it a source of income for those companies who force the bill. Genius. This reminds a lot of those intentions from Verizon,Comcast of making more money from the internet by putting the channels....I swear,that "adult content" looks like that but with a different cover or excuse from big companies. Porn sells a lot so let's use it as an excuse for making it profitable. This is what happens when politicians let companies to do everything they want.


>But the biggest fish out there is FOSTA/SESTA. FOSTA is a house bill that took a lot of ideas from SESTA which was a really really bad senete bill that had been dancing around and now looks like it has a chance to pass. If the shrilling on it is to be believed, it could destroy the internet as we know it. Though I am a little doubtful it will go that far the effects could be pretty bad.
Trere have been a lot of shots to fire since the internet has been born. Those measurements are already stating what is currently illegal but with a bigger title of seemingly more effective when it's just another excuse to censor pages they do not want for free speech. Also,big companies support it because they know the bill would prevent others to grow.
And how the hell are you supposed to work with advanced filters or tell when the words sex trafficking appear ironically or not? The most effective way is by stalking profiles and detecting conversations or actions. Sure it takes longer,but it's the most traditional and specific way to solve the things properly.

>Hardly anyone is opposing such a bill both out of ignorance to the net that most law makers and the fact that rivals would easily use it as attack against ya, because on paper to a laymen this bill looks very bad to oppose. Only a few well informed democrats and the tea party aligned house liberty caucus mounted any kind of resistance. which wasn't even that organized because both groups normally hate each others guts. Doesn't look good for senate.
Basically,a trap to close webs and a red zone for any website when it comes to this topic. I mean it's good to pursue this but, I sense more evil and adding more salt to the problem than fixing anything. It puts a social problem into an economical one and I hardly see any effect on the root of the problem. For approving this bill(whose laws already state what is illegal),I would rather seeing them talking about American Football or something before touching and putting this stuff into a dirtier zone.