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Snowclone@lemmy.world 1 day agothere’s websites that are deleting face sitting as it’s unclear if it can be legally viewed as suffocation, so it’s a classic morality law that uses vague language to get broad self censorship happening.
VonReposti@feddit.dk 1 day ago
The vagueness is absolutely a problem and in morality laws might even be an intended side effect.
This source though interprets it differently saying that having a hand at the throat without actual choking isn’t covered but do note the keyword seems to be is splattered all over the page. (PS. The page is SFW but I don’t know about the rest of the site).
No matter what this is an inch away from being a straight up though police law.
Snowclone@lemmy.world 1 day ago
it’s not intended as a side effect, it’s a very well known tactic in law writing that goes back to some of the earliest laws humans ever made, the point of vauge language in law is to have wider appeal, and to claim arbitrary power by the law giver.