The Supreme Court of the United States on Friday upheld a Texas law requiring pornography websites to verify visitors’ ages to protect minors from sexually explicit content online.
Justices ruled 6-3 that requiring adults in Texas to verify their age does not violate the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment, noting at least 21 other states imposed similar regulations on sexual material that could be harmful to minors online.
Texas and other states prohibit the distribution of sexually explicit content to children in brick and mortar stores, but online content remains largely unregulated.
