When everything is on fire—or at least distracting you by insisting it's on fire—it's hard to focus on any single blaze, but Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah has added to the list of worries for US citizens using the internet. Lee wants to criminalize online pornography, and while that's alarming enough as is, his criteria casts an awfully wide net.
As reported by 404 Media, this is Lee's third attempt to pass the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (IODA) bill since 2022. In a press release from Lee's office, the senator takes aim at pornography and its transmission across state lines, effectively banning online porn. Lee says his goal is to "clarify the legal definition of 'obscenity' for all states," and insists the point of the bill is to protect kids.
