Andrew Weissmann
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I do wonder, you say like, you know, images you're sending to your significant other in a different state, but is it even clear just from your description of that, maybe you'd even run into trouble in the same state, you know, if the data itself is somehow bouncing to a data center out of state or something like that. Not a tech policy, tech law reporter, so I don't know how any of that would work.
I do wonder, you say like, you know, images you're sending to your significant other in a different state, but is it even clear just from your description of that, maybe you'd even run into trouble in the same state, you know, if the data itself is somehow bouncing to a data center out of state or something like that. Not a tech policy, tech law reporter, so I don't know how any of that would work.
Let me say one thing on that, which is that I am pretty much of the opinion that the whole notion that like porn is too ubiquitous and sort of universally accessible to do anything about from like a regulatory standpoint. I find that kind of defeatist and lame and not very persuasive. Like smoking used to be totally ubiquitous and we've found ways to curb that socially.
Let me say one thing on that, which is that I am pretty much of the opinion that the whole notion that like porn is too ubiquitous and sort of universally accessible to do anything about from like a regulatory standpoint. I find that kind of defeatist and lame and not very persuasive. Like smoking used to be totally ubiquitous and we've found ways to curb that socially.
Let me say one thing on that, which is that I am pretty much of the opinion that the whole notion that like porn is too ubiquitous and sort of universally accessible to do anything about from like a regulatory standpoint. I find that kind of defeatist and lame and not very persuasive. Like smoking used to be totally ubiquitous and we've found ways to curb that socially.
And I think it's pretty bad for people on the whole to just take a modest stance on it.
And I think it's pretty bad for people on the whole to just take a modest stance on it.
And I think it's pretty bad for people on the whole to just take a modest stance on it.
Yeah, not great. Not great for America to have everybody constantly looking at internet pornography. That's my modest opinion. But I couldn't speak to you about the contours of this particular bill.
Yeah, not great. Not great for America to have everybody constantly looking at internet pornography. That's my modest opinion. But I couldn't speak to you about the contours of this particular bill.
Yeah, not great. Not great for America to have everybody constantly looking at internet pornography. That's my modest opinion. But I couldn't speak to you about the contours of this particular bill.
The whole internet is just breaking down. The barriers between things just don't really exist and bots are taking over everything. Not just pornography. We're going to have to do something about this World Wide Web, I feel like, Tim.
The whole internet is just breaking down. The barriers between things just don't really exist and bots are taking over everything. Not just pornography. We're going to have to do something about this World Wide Web, I feel like, Tim.
The whole internet is just breaking down. The barriers between things just don't really exist and bots are taking over everything. Not just pornography. We're going to have to do something about this World Wide Web, I feel like, Tim.
What would you like to do about the World Wide Web? I don't know. I don't know. It seems bad for people, but it is where we make all of our money. So there's things that go both ways.
What would you like to do about the World Wide Web? I don't know. I don't know. It seems bad for people, but it is where we make all of our money. So there's things that go both ways.
What would you like to do about the World Wide Web? I don't know. I don't know. It seems bad for people, but it is where we make all of our money. So there's things that go both ways.
Right, right, right. No, I think the best analog to the banning smoking in restaurants things for this is the thing we've seen kind of at the state level, which is these sort of ID verification laws that are aimed at making it harder for kids to access online porn, which I think is a worthy goal in the first place, and also has the useful knock-on effect of just making it
Right, right, right. No, I think the best analog to the banning smoking in restaurants things for this is the thing we've seen kind of at the state level, which is these sort of ID verification laws that are aimed at making it harder for kids to access online porn, which I think is a worthy goal in the first place, and also has the useful knock-on effect of just making it
Right, right, right. No, I think the best analog to the banning smoking in restaurants things for this is the thing we've seen kind of at the state level, which is these sort of ID verification laws that are aimed at making it harder for kids to access online porn, which I think is a worthy goal in the first place, and also has the useful knock-on effect of just making it