The Supreme Court will hear a case challenging a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of users. The law is being contested by the adult entertainment industry on First Amendment grounds.
A Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of users before allowing access will be heard by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The law, House Bill 1181, passed in June 2023 and mandates commercial entities showing sexual content to use 'reasonable age verification methods' to ensure users are 18 or older. \The Free Speech Coalition, representing the adult entertainment industry, is challenging the law, arguing it violates the First Amendment.
They contend that requiring sensitive information for age verification could deter adults from accessing legal content. The coalition also argues that Texas could have focused on promoting content filtering tools for parents instead of enacting a blanket age verification mandate. \Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his team maintain that the law is constitutional and necessary to protect children from the 'unlimited amounts of hardcore pornography' online. They argue that current age-verification tactics are inadequate and that the internet has evolved significantly since a 2004 Supreme Court case that struck down a similar law. The state also points out that no significant negative impacts have been observed since the law went into effect a year ago. \The Biden administration is expected to share argument time with the Free Speech Coalition. The case, Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, will be heard on Wednesday with arguments anticipated to last 65 minutes. No immediate decision is expected, with the Supreme Court typically issuing rulings in May and June
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