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Joshua Marquis's avatar

Impressive commentary.

But speaking as a lawyer, how on earth could you reconcile "regulating" porn like a controlled substance?

Apart from the basic, constitutional issues raised by the First Amendment, the only way to "control" what we now view as "mainstream porn" would be very harsh laws involving censorship.

There is little question that pervasive pornography is seriously warping the sexuality of many young men (and women) but the answer to that is not in legal regulation.

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Micah Elizabeth's avatar

I’d like to see TFP do a follow up on what’s going with the Kids Online Safety Act.

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