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by pdkl95 4143 days ago
Forget the DMCA - someone should mention to the fundies that the it's time to for another round of Obscenity lawsuits. If the ISP wants to volunteer that they have enough information to filter[1] for "obscene"[2] pages, then they can have the liability as well, or at lest the "fun" of having to defend against fundies wielding banhammers.

[1] the fact that a perfect filter is impossible isn't relevant - it just has to be good enough to catch "enough" to allow a parent to think they have "protected" their kid from the scary things on the internet.

[2] Finding things on the internet that would qualify ss "obscene" is trivial, especially if someone were to get creative in how they apoply Miller Test style "community standards".