Yeah it does seem to be a new 'thing'. I'm betting it's like the heritage foundation who figured out age-restrictions give them a new end-run around the first amendment. Started with porn (because who is going to defend porn) and now they're going to slide down the slippery slope.

▲ declan_roberts 4 days ago | parent [-]

Heritage foundation? Lol give me a break.

▲ nobody9999 3 days ago | parent [-]

From Project 2025[0], published by the Heritage Foundation:

   Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it 
   should be imprisoned. Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be 
   classed as registered sex offenders.

[0] https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeade...

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declan_roberts 2 days ago | parent [-]

Check out https://agelesslinux.org/lobbyists.html

They're specially trying to get people to believe this is a right wing thing. Effective strategy as we can see by the comments.

> This matters because it preempts the easiest dismissal: that age verification mandates are a right-wing culture war project. They are not.

	▲	nobody9999 a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Interestingly, I saw this linked to on Mastodon just now and immediately thought of you. Check it[0] out. I think you'll find it illuminating. [0] https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/16/the-right-wing-origins-a...
	▲	nobody9999 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Are you claiming that Project 2025[0] isn't a right wing thing? If, by you, the Heritage Foundation isn't right wing then what would be? That's not a rhetorical question. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025