Texas’ law requires any website that publishes a substantial amount of content that is “harmful to minors” to verify the age of users.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to enforce age-verification requirements for porn site s, rejecting a request from the adult entertainment industry to block the law on First Amendment grounds.Related video above: Oklahoma bill looks to require pornographic sites to ask for proof of age The challengers said the law also forces adults to identify themselves before accessing pornography, which the group’s lawyers said violates access to free speech online.
The emergency request followed a 2-1 decision last month from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that cited Texas’ “legitimate interest in preventing minors’ access to pornography” and allowed the law to take effect.The Supreme Court in 1997 unanimously invalidated provisions of a federal law intended to protect minors from indecent material online because it also imposed First Amendment burdens on adults.
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