US court upholds Texas law mandating age verification for online porn

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https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/us-court-upholds-texas-law-192630979.html

A federal appeals court has upheld a Texas law mandating that pornography websites verify that their users are adults, though it struck down a part of the law requiring them to display health warnings about their content.

The 2-1 decision from the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals late on Thursday overturned a lower court ruling blocking the law, which had been challenged in court by pornography producers.

Adult industry group Free Speech Coalition, which is spearheading the lawsuit, said in a statement that it "strenuously" disagrees with the ruling and is considering its next steps.

The office of Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The lawsuit was filed in August after Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, signed the law in June. The law applies to online publishers whose content is more than one-third "sexual material harmful to minors" and requires them to verify age using government-issued ID or some other method using "public or private transactional data."

[Diraven]

1. We have the same law here in Arkansas too

I'm sure it'll pop up in more states now.

[paleotn]

2. That won't go over well.

Far more traffic for such sites in red states. In the world of ubiquitous VPNs, I'm not sure how that will even work.

[RKP5637]

3. So easy to get around.