US EditionSupreme Court upholds Texas' age verification law for porn sites
- The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Texas law on June 27, 2025, requiring pornographic websites to verify visitors' ages to block access by minors.
- Texas lawmakers passed H.B. 1181 in 2023 to protect children from explicit content online, leading to legal challenges by the Free Speech Coalition.
- The law mandates digital or government-issued ID checks similar to those upheld for physical adult stores in the 1960s to restrict minors’ access.
- Justice Clarence Thomas wrote, "We hold that they do not," affirming the law survives heightened judicial scrutiny with a 6-3 court division.
- The ruling allows Texas to enforce age verification while similar laws in 18 other states suggest a nationwide reshaping of online adult content regulation.
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Supreme Court upholds childproofing porn sites
The Supreme Court greenlights states' efforts to block kids from online porn by requiring age verification. AP Photo/J. Scott ApplewhiteThe U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision on June 27, 2025, that will reshape how states protect children online. In a case assessing a Texas law requiring age verification to access porn sites, the court created a new legal path that makes it easier for states to craft laws regulating what kids see and do o…
6-3? SCOTUS rules states can shield minors from online porn by requiring age verification
by WorldTribune Staff, June 27, 2025 Real World News The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled that states can require age verification to view online pornography. The 6-3 decision came in the case of a Texas law which was challenged by a porn industry group. 6-3? Retired newspaper editor Eugene Curtin posted on social media: […]
Texans Can Keep Their Children from Viewing Porn
Porn producers wanted to get rid of Texas’s age-verification law, which would result in children going on to the pornographic sites The case was decided at the Supreme Court today, and three Justices were angry over the decision to allow Texas to keep the law. In Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, a case on whether […] The post Texans Can Keep Their Children from Viewing Porn appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.
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