From what I understand, this bill would loosen the definition and there are existing laws that ban. And under federal law since 1873, the sale and distribution of obscene materials had been prohibited by federal law. This doesn't apply just to public broadcast (there are additional restrictions on radio and TV), but internet as well.
So if "obscene" material is already prohibited, online pornography is already illegal. Whatever you consider the definition of "obscene", I'm pretty sure you can find major online outlets that produce, sell and monetize this content. So is it just an enforcement thing that the federal government allows all this stuff to exist? This stuff is all a federal crime already, why bother with moving the definition slightly?
Because that's not what obscene means. It's things like CSAM and death threats that are not constitutionally protected speech. The first amendment might as well be toilet paper if it meant "whatever 50% of congress doesn't like at a given moment".
So if "obscene" material is already prohibited, online pornography is already illegal. Whatever you consider the definition of "obscene", I'm pretty sure you can find major online outlets that produce, sell and monetize this content. So is it just an enforcement thing that the federal government allows all this stuff to exist? This stuff is all a federal crime already, why bother with moving the definition slightly?