The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Texas law requiring pornography sites to institute age-verification measures to ensure children can't access them.

Topline The Supreme Court upheld Friday Texas’ age verification law for pornography and adult websites, a blow to civil rights advocates who argue the law infringes on Americans' privacy rights ...

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Texas law that requires age verification for pornographic websites in one of the most closely watched First Amendment cases to arrive at the high court in years.

Age verification in this context does not mean mindlessly clicking a box to declare that you are an adult — it means uploading government ID documents or using third-party verification platforms ...

Free Speech How Should Courts Analyze Age Verification Requirements for Porn That's Illegal for Minors? Prohibiting the distribution of porn to minors, the Court says, legitimately carries with it ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court issued a blow to freedom of speech and privacy today by upholding Texas legislation that requires invasive age verification to access online content. Today’s ruling ...

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court held that age verification for explicit sites is constitutional. In a dissent, Justice Elena Kagan warned it burdens adults and ignores First Amendment precedent.

In a major First Amendment decision, the Supreme Court on Friday upheld a ruling by a federal appeals court that allowed Texas to enforce a state law requiring pornography sites to verify the age of ...

The law, meant to shield minors from sexual materials on the internet by requiring adults to prove they are at least 18, was challenged on First Amendment grounds.

The case involves a 2023 state law requiring adult websites to verify users’ ages, but the ruling is expected to have broader implications for free speech law.

Zoom in: At issue is the constitutionality of a Texas law that would require age verifications on websites where more than a third of the context is sexually explicit. The law requires adult websites ...