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Didn’t We Already Do This? Twenty Years After Supreme Court Rejected Age Verification Law, It Takes Up New Case


Just when you thought the internet was safe from the meddling minds of the Supreme Court, the Justices have decided to take another crack at reviewing whether or not a new set of state regulations …

Indeed, just a couple weeks ago, an age verification vendor used by many internet companies was found to have leaked personal data on millions of people. People keep pitching ideas around “privacy-protective age verification” which is one of those concepts, like “safe backdoors to encryption,” that politicians seem to think is doable, but in reality is impossible. Back in April, we had explained why it was important for the Supreme Court to review the Fifth Circuit’s bizarre ruling, and that’s where things stand now, thanks to them granting cert.

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