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Supreme Court's ruling practically wipes out free speech for sex writing online
Am I now committing civil disobedience... just by keeping my personal literary website up as is?
The law’s definition applies to virtually any verbal description or visual depiction of nudity, so long as a Tennessee judge or jury—likely from a rural, religiously conservative jurisdiction—decides that it lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors. While it’s extremely unlikely I or anyone else would be extradited from California to Tennessee for non-violent speech-related charges… the simple fact that such a prosecution could happen now—and the Supreme Court has considered this and is totally fine with it—means we’ve crossed a Rubicon regarding free speech about sex in America. And now, in addition to earning jack shit in the age of piracy, creators also have to implement all kinds of expensive technology on our free sites, further restricting our hard-to-gain audiences, in order to avoid the risk of bottom-feeder civil lawsuits across state lines initiated by legions of erotic ambulance chasers?
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