Summary

Project 2025, a manifesto supported by the conservative Heritage Foundation, calls for a ban on pornography, labeling its purveyors as criminals and advocating for strict penalties, including jail time for producers and registered sex offender status for educators distributing it.

The manifesto argues that porn lacks First Amendment protection, framing it as harmful and exploitative.

With a right-leaning Supreme Court, proponents aim to overturn existing protections established in Miller v. California, potentially impacting mainstream media.

Donald Trump has pledged to bring Project 2025 contributors onto his team.

  • Feathercrown@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I hope they actually do it. This is like the abortion issue, if they actually go through with it people will be like “What?? How could this happen??”

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    2 months ago

    Hilarious. As if this could ever actually be instituted nationwide. Regulations on sale and access maybe, but moral crusades like this are perpetually doomed to failure, much like the War on Drugs.

    Doesn’t mean they won’t try, won’t posture, won’t grandstand about it, but to actually succeed in this goal when over 50% of the populace isn’t going to be behind it? I guess we’ll just have to watch them try.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      It’s not to try and ban porn

      It’s a way to snoop on all Internet traffic.

      Like cops “smelling weed” anytime they want to hassle someone. If they don’t like a person, they’ll spy on their Internet usage, obviously find some kind of porn, and then make a public spectacle out of to distract from what they’re mad at that person for.

      They don’t care about the crime, they want an excuse to investigate people they don’t like.

      Say something mean on twitter, and they’ll search your IP till they find something they can call porn.