Texas law mandating age verification on porn websites upheld by Supreme Court

The Supreme Court rejected an emergency appeal by the Free Speech Coalition regarding a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to verify the age of their users. The law remains in effect as the association’s full appeal is considered. Similar laws have been passed in other states. Violators could face fines ranging from $10,000 to $250,000 per violation. A federal judge previously blocked the law’s age verification requirement and health warnings, but a Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the age verification. The disputed health warnings include claims about the negative effects of pornography.

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