MEGA-THREAD: Hysterical Lawmaking and Online overreach

[Jim Burton]

Nothingburger story... How are the badmen going to touch your kids in an office with other adults, by voodoo?

https://www.alxnow.com/2025/09/23/amid- ... offenders/

[Jim Burton]

https://longisland.news12.com/power-pol ... valley-ems

This week, New York Attorney General Letitia James released proposed rules for New York's SAFE for Kids Act, which Gov. Kathy Hochul previously signed into law to curb addictive features on social media for minors.

The law requires social media companies to restrict algorithmically personalized feeds and nighttime notifications for users under the age of 18 unless a parent opts out on behalf of their kid.

Lawmakers argued the feeds are tied to youth anxiety, depression and other mental health issues.

The laws outlined by James' office explain which companies must comply with the law and the standards to determine a user's age and parental consent.

[Jim Burton]

Funny how we can just start tossing these alleged victims when it's the state that's on the hook...

https://pix11.com/news/survivors-of-sex ... n-nyc/amp/

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Dozens of survivors of sexual abuse rallied in front of City Hall, demanding immediate passage of a city council bill that would allow them to pursue legal action against people and institutions they say violated them sexually

Arrorney Jerry Block told the group, “A vote on bill 1297 is urgently needed by hundreds of survivors of sexual violence in New York City.”

A state court decision blocks legal action for incidents prior to 2022. That prompted a Bronx Judge to recently toss out 400 sexual abuse lawsuits.

City Council member Brooks Powers Council said, “Survivors deserve more than sympathy they deserve accountability. They deserve a chance to hold abusers and institutions responsible.”

A number of those taking part in the rally claim they were abused during their younger years while in the city-run Youth Detention Center.

[Jim Burton]

Duo of articles on censorship:

The first unintended victim of Texas's new anti obscenity law is... Dragon Ball Z?

https://www.thepopverse.com/comics-mang ... ragon-ball

Censorship campaigns can have a way of backfiring – look no further than the fate of America’s most prolific censor

https://theconversation.com/censorship- ... sor-266117

[Jim Burton]

Officials want all sex offenders farther from schools

https://www.news10.com/news/rensselaer- ... m-schools/

Contemporary sentencing principles apply to historical offences, SCC rules in child sex abuse case

https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/pract ... ase/393136

Florida's new law allows death penalty for some child sex trafficking cases

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/flor ... ing-cases/

[Jim Burton]

Enough is enough.

Once again, an "NGO" produces a report suggesting that young people are harmed by "sexual content", and correctly pointing out that access to a service entails some exposure to said content. Irish media then whinge about how this global NGO is pissed UK laws might not have worldwide implications.

Strangely, there is never any evidence of "sexual harm", let alone probable cause and effect, because it simply doesn't exist

This is clear pandering in political affairs. These NGOs are political mouthpieces for big government.

All such organizations must now be declared political entities and in breach of their charitable obligations. Let's see justice for young people against the nanny state and its "benevolent" proxies.

https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/tikto ... 14533.html

[Jim Burton]

Tug of war over what books NC schoolchildren can read

https://carolinapublicpress.org/72858/b ... ernatives/

A History of Gendered Censorship and the Costs of Faith-Based ‘Porn’ Panics

https://thehumanist.com/news/national/a ... orn-panics

[Jim Burton]

One-man spam campaign ravages EU Chat Control bill fight

https://www.politico.eu/article/one-man ... t-control/

Germany blocks EU Chat Control amid protests, protecting encryption

https://www.webpronews.com/germany-bloc ... ncryption/

German Child Protection Association warns against EU digital chat control

https://brusselssignal.eu/2025/10/germa ... t-control/

[Jim Burton]

Denmark proposes banning social media for kids under 15

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Family/denma ... =126324182

[Jim Burton]

Deepfakes promoting CSA:

https://www.hippocraticpost.com/paediat ... sex-abuse/