Two Senators Launch Joint Bill Proposing Adult Site Regs

> Among the regulations the new bill seeks to enact are: ... Prohibiting video downloads from these platforms, to be in place within three months of enactment of the legislation

I feel like this part (which is what a lot of sex workers are balking at, as that's their bread and butter) is a fundamental misunderstanding of how the Internet works--where I would claim accessing anything is "downloading" it--which, to actually implement, puts even more companies in a position of being pro- DRM and locked-down computing efforts :(. The wording from the bill: "a covered platform may not permit the download to a retrievable data file of any pornographic image from the platform".

Like, going down this path puts us in the position of "well, browsers can't just have a feature that lets you download anything you see, as they have to play along with mechanisms in place to help prevent people downloading files from porn websites!" being a reasonable position (in addition to the existing pressure from copyright groups and the such, which at least tech companies often have less sympathy for; and really, with the exception of Section 1201, often has "less teeth" and doesn't force the hand much of platforms and devices... this is more direct).

This is pretty crazy... but I don’t think it will affect bigger companies. Seems to be a moat being created for the benefit of bigger adult sites.