Column: Supreme Court’s porn ruling continues conservative revolution

Comment: Supreme Court porn ruling a naked change to speech rights

HeraldNet.com HeraldNet.com - Everett and Snohomish County news from The Daily Herald in Everett, Washington The majority ignored a 20-year-old ruling that overturned an age-verification law similar to the Texas law. Comment: Supreme Court porn ruling a naked change to speech rights Wire Service

Supreme Court Upholds Porn Age-Verification Law

By GianCarlo Canaparo & Campbell Collins, The Daily  | July 02, 2025 Last Friday, the Supreme Court held in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton that states can require pornographic websites to verify that users are over 18. States now have much more leeway to ensure that children are protected from internet pornography.  In 2023, Texas introduced the law challenged in Paxton. The law requires pornography websites to verify the age of visitors and pr…

SCOTUS Porn Ruling A Boon For Age Verification Companies; 40% Of Americans Now Live Under Anti-Porn Age-Gating Laws

The conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled 6-3 in favor of upholding an age verification measure targeting adult content platforms on the internet that the state legislature of Texas adopted during the 2023 legislative session. As a quick reminder, the case is Free Speech Coalition et al. v. Paxton and featured the parent companies of…

Can Age Verification to Limit Access to Porn Really Work?

MooreMedia The bishops of the United States have been especially vocal in recent years about the vital importance of protecting the innocence of children by preventing their exposure to online pornography. Experts debate the technical challenges and highlight opportunities after landmark Supreme Court ruling.

Column: Supreme Court’s porn ruling continues conservative revolution

In a landmark 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court upheld age-verification requirements for accessing online pornography sites, effectively overturning a precedent that had stood for more than 20 years. Alongside its January decision on TikTok, the ruling marks a new era in the court’s online First Amendment jurisprudence: The justices are increasingly willing to uphold government suppression of free speech for policy reasons. The opinion in the case…

Guest Opinion: Texas’ Internet porn law constitutional — common sense, common decency prevail

Last week’s Supreme Court decision upholding a Texas law intended to protect kids from exposure to Internet pornography was a win for common sense and common decency.