Supreme Court heard a case about age-verification laws,Free Speech v. Paxton. Its decision will significantly impact online ...

SCOTUS heard arguments regarding Texas' age verification law in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton on Wednesday. The outcome ...

Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios 19 U.S. states have passed laws requiring adult website visitors to verify their age as of January. Why it matters: The Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a challenge to ...

During oral arguments, the Supreme Court appeared torn about how to keep kids safe and protect free speech at the same time.

The Supreme Court weighed whether an explosion in online pornography requires repudiating the court’s precedents concerning ...

The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to state laws requiring online age verification for websites hosting explicit adult ...

Texas AG Ken Paxton defends a state law at the Supreme Court requiring age verification on porn sites to protect children.

How it rules on a Texas law requiring age verification on adult websites could shift the bounds of internet speech.

Other states with similar laws include Tennessee, Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Oklahoma, Utah ...

The justices wrestled with the First Amendment in a case involving a Texas law requiring sexually explicit websites to verify ...

The requirement at the center of the case was enacted by Texas in 2023 as part of a wave of similar measures that have been passed in 18 other states. Under Texas’ law, a website must use “reasonable ...

The topic of online porn has made its way to the Supreme Court. A former porn star and current pastor advocates for keeping those sites away from children.