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OK, let's do this. "A business, manufacturer, wholesaler, or individual that manufactures, distributes, or sells a product that makes content accessible on the
by TheGrumpyBrit 10y ago
OK, let's do this.
"A business, manufacturer, wholesaler, or individual that manufactures, distributes, or sells a product that makes content accessible on the Internet is prohibited from doing business in this State unless the product contains an active and operating digital blocking capability that renders any obscenity, as defined in Section 16-15-305, inaccessible.
The business, manufacturer, wholesaler, or individual must:
(1) make reasonable and ongoing efforts to ensure that the digital content blocking capability functions properly, including establishing a reporting mechanism such as a website or call center to allow for a consumer to report unblocked obscene content or report blocked content that is not obscene;
(2) ensure that all child pornography and revenge pornography is inaccessible on the product;
(3) prohibit the product from accessing any hub that facilitates prostitution; and
(4) render websites that are known to facilitate any trafficking of persons, as defined in Section 16-3-2010(9), inaccessible."
What is "a product that makes content accessible on the internet"? A computer? A router? A telephone line? Or does the computer simply access things which are already accessible, in which case we're talking about webservers and the like?
Since this applies to an individual too, does this mean you can't sell your old computer unless you set up a method for people to report things they shouldn't see on there?
Leaving aside the practical fact that it's impossible to do, given that it is (presumably) illegal to access child pornography, how is somebody supposed to "ensure that all of it is inaccessible" without breaking the law?
How would one report blocked content that isn't obscene? How can you know it's not obscene if you can't access it?
I can't face reading the rest of it. The first paragraph is already making my brain hurt.
- coldcode 10y agoRegulating interstate commerce is outside the purview of a State anyway. Since the internet and the manufacturers are external to the State and its boundaries, this law is nothing more than a political statement. First federal judge that sees this bill will laugh it out of court.