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		loeg 17 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling "I know it when I see it" notoriously does not work in law, either. Instead, we have the Miller test.

sincerely 17 days ago [–]

Pt 1 of the Miller test is just "I know it when I see it" where "I" is a hypothetical random person

loeg 16 days ago | [–]

Not really. It has slightly more well-defined criteria than that. Material must satisfy all three prongs to be considered obscene.

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