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Conservative legal minds will argue that the laundry list of topics covered under 102.A includes a duty to censor, e.g., “information on transitioning”. They already believe any and all forms of transition (including calling a child by a nickname, see Florida state law) constitute child abuse. They have already fabricated “evidence-informed information” showing that all forms of transition are harmful, and they’ll argue that only these sources qualify for the 102.B.2 exemption.

Once Chevron deference is dead, all it will take is an act of Congress to enshrine this specific interpretation of the law. Handing FTC the authority to enforce is a fig leaf designed to fool the center-right.