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Federal Court Blocks Tennessee’s Unconstitutional Age Verification Law (www.techdirt.com)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I assume this is one of the states blocked by pornhub, but I’m too lazy to check.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 days ago (8 children)

It’s literally the first sentence in the article.

You posted the article but didn’t read it?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (4 children)

It's not, though. This is the first sentence in the article:

As Michael McGrady pointed out in his recent guest post for Techdirt, nearly 41 percent of Americans subject to age verification laws targeting porn and, of course, porn consumers.

It can be inferred, of course, from that line, but isn't explicitly stated.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Amusingly it's not even a sentence but a sentence fragment (I am not trying to be pedantic, since your point is valid - I assume the article is just missing an "are", but I find it funny).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

“Subject” is being used as a verb here. So it’s not “subject to age verification laws,” but “subject to age verification laws.” They are subjecting, or subjugating themselves, to verification laws. It is a complete sentence. A weirdly written one, but a complete one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Yep, they missed the verb. "...of Americans ARE subject to..." fixes it

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