The Supreme Court confirms the Age of Texas Age for Adult Age

Washington – The Supreme Court confirmed on Friday a law of Texas aimed at restricting young people’s access to online pornographic content.

The judges in a 6-3 vote rejected a challenge subject to a group of pornography interest called the Free Speech Coalition that the measure violates the rights to the freedom of expression of adults who wish to access the content.

The law obliges websites who host adult content to check their age before you can access it. This obliges the operator to see an identification issued by the government, as a driving license.

The law “simply requires verification methods established already used by pornographic sites and other industries”, wrote Judge Clarence Thomas for the majority.

This “also advances the significant interest of the state to protect children from sexually explicit equipment,” he added.

The challenges argued that the law violated the first amendment of the Constitution because it places a “burden based on content” on the access of adults to speech.

They quoted a decision of the Supreme Court of 2004 which found that a federal law also aimed to restrict access to pornography, called the law on online protection of children, was probably unconstitutional.

A federal judge had judged that the provision in question was problematic because it did not restrict access to minors.

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans, then ruled for Texas and refused to put its decision pending pending a more in-depth exam.

Following this decision, Some online pornography platformsIncluding Pornhub, prevented the people of Texas from accessing their sites for the sake of the entry into force of the provision.

The Supreme Court in April 2024 refused to block The law while the case continued.