MEGA-THREAD: Hysterical Lawmaking and Online overreach

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New Texas law aimed at AI imagery leaves anime fans worried

https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/new-t ... d-3250885/
A new Texas law meant to crack down on AI-generated content is already causing confusion among anime fans, with some fearing it could lead to certain series being restricted or even banned.

Senate Bill 20, authored by Sen. Pete Flores, was signed into law earlier this year and officially took effect on September 1. The bill makes it a felony to possess or promote “obscene visual material” that appears to depict minors, whether through real photos, AI-generated images, or animated works like cartoons and anime.
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12-year-old facing new charges after sharing video of minor girlfriend performing sexual acts

https://nypost.com/2025/09/09/us-news/b ... sex-abuse/
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Trio of stories in which India and Turkey are becoming highly involved in "Obscenity" and "Indecency" policing, with Karens talking about porn and cleaning up Theatre.

https://ifex.org/turkey-girl-band-under ... ravel-ban/

https://www.brecorder.com/news/40382757 ... completely

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cit ... 873861.cms
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Reality fails to come to terms with the fact that porn is post truth.

https://www.chosun.com/english/national ... TYVRSOZSE/

New strict laws in Malaysia.

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/categ ... -predators
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Jim Burton wrote: Thu Sep 11, 2025 4:16 pm More on Chat Control, including a commentary:

"It's just smoke and mirrors" – Over 500 cryptography scientists and researchers slam the EU proposal to scan all your WhatsApp chats

https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyb ... sapp-chats

Proposed EU Chat Control regulation could create surveillance state

https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/c ... 00062.html
If people let this go through it won't be us that gets the major share of the pie, it'll come back to bite everybody in the rear.
It's an interesting report and I recommend everybody peruse through it https://csa-scientist-open-letter.org/Sep2025
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