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After effectively banning porn, Idaho state government shows visitors porn

Most of what we know about Idaho comes from Neal Stephenson's Fall, where various inhabitants and characters are described as 'extreme libertarians with a religious bent.' They live in isolated compounds, and practice, 'a fringy kind of Christianity.' We don't know how true that is,…

(b) Material that is devoted to or principally consists of descriptions of actual, simulated, or animated displays or depictions of any of the following, in a manner patently offensive with respect to minors: (i) Pubic hair, anus, vulva, genitals, or nipple of the female breast; (ii) Touching, caressing, or fondling of nipples, breasts, buttocks, anuses, or genitals; or (iii) Sexual intercourse, masturbation, sodomy, bestiality, oral copulation, flagellation, excretory functions, exhibitions, or any other sexual act; and (c) Material that, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors. With control of an actual factual, genuine, idaho.gov subdomain and some slight degree of competence, it would be the work of five or so minutes to build a website that would fool our hypothetical business owner into creating an account and handing over their details. With the promise of a minimum of $10,000 in compensation, we're sure that many Idaho residents are rubbing their hands at the prospect of finding porn (there are definitely prohibited human parts, but they're kind of low quality) without robust age checks.

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