The United States Supreme Court supports Texas Porn Law

If you try to reach PornographyOne of the largest web sites in the world, from any of 17 US states, will be banned. Pornhub Mother, Aylo Holdings, restricts access to a large number of laws that Pornhub itself must be responsible for verifying that every 18 -year -old visitor. Now, the United States Supreme Court has taken a decision on the main age verification law, which could have repercussions for the entire country and the wider Internet as a whole.

On Friday, in Resolution 3-3 which could reshape the scene of privacy via the Internet and freedom of expression, the entire Supreme Court supported the Texas era verification law – one of the first to be passed in the country – requires many web sites that publish porn content to verify that all visitors are more than 18 years old. Law, for law,, TX HB1181The sites that “more than a third of a sexual material can face fines of up to $ 10,000 per day if the age verification systems are not placed, in addition to additional penalties of up to $ 250,000. It also provides for web sites an offer Healthy warnings about the possible health risks of pornography.

In writing to the majority, Judge Clarence Thomas said that since the law “it simply requires a lifetime to reach the outrageous content of minors, he does not organize a directly protected speech for adults,” adding, “Adults do not have the right to the first amendment to avoid age verification.”

In her opposition, Judge Elena Kagan argued that the Texas Law imposes a direct and unconstitutional burden on adults reaching protected speech. She wrote: “The state may not be very concerned with protecting adults in a sexual explicit speech. The state may prefer to reduce these materials for all, but the first amendment protects these sexual explicit materials, for every adult.”

The referee represents a great victory for Texas General Attorney Ken Pakston, who defended the law amid fierce opposition from digital rights and entertainment for adults.

Legionships in Texas acknowledged HB1181 in early 2023, but it was to hit In the American District Court of the Western Region in Texas because of its lack of constitution before the law enters into force. The adult industry group, the Freedom of Expression Alliance, has challenged, among other things, the Texas Law on the basis that it violates the first amendment by restricting the constitutional protected speech. In March of last year, the Fifth Circuit Appeals Court Handed the Texas Law Before the Freedom of Expression Alliance take The case to the Supreme Court in the January session.

In recent years, a wave of Age verification laws It was proposed in the states throughout the country. More than half of the United States has passed or tried to pass the age verification laws, according to L. Tracker Published by the Freedom of Expression Alliance.

“The efforts to regulate pornography via the Internet are often the opening step in broader internet control campaigns,” said Jess Meeers, a visiting law professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Akron, before the decision. “While this issue focuses on checking the mandatory age of adult content, the state lawmakers hope to provide a legal basis for comprehensive restrictions on a wide range of online materials.”