Supreme Court to hear challenge to Texas pornography restriction
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a free speech challenge to a provision of a Texas law seeking to prevent young people from accessing pornographic content online.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a free speech challenge to a provision of a Texas law seeking to prevent young people from accessing pornographic content online.
The justices took up an appeal brought by the Free Speech Coalition, a pornography industry trade group, as well as several companies.
The court in April had declined to block the law while litigation continued.
The challengers argue that the 2023 law violates the Constitution’s First Amendment by requiring anyone using the platforms in question, including adults, to submit personal information.
The law, H.B. 1181, requires that platforms verify users’ ages by submitting information about their identities.
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