(June 30, 2016 at 1:27 am)Jörmungandr Wrote:(June 30, 2016 at 1:04 am)Losty Wrote: We would have to require people to be 18 to join the forum though. And we would lose our ad income.
What law are you citing? It sounds like you're quoting the Communications Decency Act of 1996. That's been struck down.
Quote:The first attempt to regulate pornography on the Internet was the federal Communications Decency Act of 1996, which prohibited the "knowing" transmission of "indecent" messages to minors and the publication of materials which depict, in a manner "patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards, sexual or excretory activities or organs", unless those materials were protected from access by minors, for example by the use of credit card systems. Immediately challenged by a group of organizations spearheaded by the ACLU, both of these provisions were struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1997).[11] The "indecent transmission" and "patently offensive display" provisions were ruled to limit the freedom of speech guarantee of the First Amendment.
Wikipedia: Legal status of Internet pornography
I'm assuming that DigitalOcean is hosting the site from it's California datacenter. If not, where is it being hosted?
I have no idea what the law is or who the host is. I only know that Tibbers says he liable for pornography when there are minors and I take him at his word for that. That's not the only reason either. We need the ads to cover the cost of running the forum. That won't happen if no one wants to place ads with us. That's really the extent of my knowledge. You'd have to ask someone else if you want to know anything more specific than that.
