The Supreme Court just ruled against porn companies in their lawsuit against the state of Texas, upholding the state’s age-verification law for access to porn sites.
The ruling was 6-3, with Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson dissenting.
NEW: In Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, a case on whether the 5th Circuit used the right legal test when assessing Texas' law requiring pornography sites to verify users' age, the court affirms the 5th Circuit's ruling against a trade group for the adult entertainment industry.
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The 6-3 decision is from Justice Thomas. Justice Kagan filed a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson.https://t.co/54ZaNAtlBe
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Amy Howe adds: “The very short summary of Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton: “The power to require age verification is within a State’s authority to prevent children from accessing sexually explicit content.””
Other states like North Carolina have an age-verification law as well. Looks like porn sites are the big loser today.