This article was written by Liz Lykins and published in WORLD.
To Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the concept seems simple enough: Online distributors of pornography should check customers’ ages just like brick-and-mortar “adult stores” do. But checking someone’s ID in the internet age brings up legal questions so contentious and complex that the Supreme Court has decided to get involved.
Last week, the U.S. high court agreed to review a lower court’s ruling upholding a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of users.
Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill into law in June 2023 to protect minors from accessing pornography. Several free speech organizations contend the regulation violates First Amendment rights.
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