Anti-porn U.S. Senator Mike Lee has inserted himself into the controversy over recent nonconsensual AI content featuring pop singer Taylor Swift, by advocating for a new federal law that would mirror a current, extreme Utah law targeting consensual adult content.
Utah Senator Mike Lee (R) and Mormon activist Dawn Hawkins, CEO of religiously motivated anti-porn lobby NCOSE, are promoting the PROTECT Act, a proposed federal bill that would make adult websites liable for third-party content.
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled, 7-2, in favor of 18 U.S.C. §2252A(a)(3)(B), a key provision of the PROTECT Act of 2003 that 'generally prohibits offers to provide and requests to obtain child pornography.'
A federal appeals court struck down the pandering provision of the Protect Act, ruling that the provision, which makes it a crime to distribute material purported to contain obscene depictions of minors engaging in sexual activity, was overbroad.
