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Jun 27, 2025 The Supreme Court upheld Texas’s age-verification law for pornography websites Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance
The ruling accepted a state access-control regime that may burden lawful speech and privacy, shaping how courts balance regulation and expression online.
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- Supreme Court Upholds Age Verification for Pornographic Websites — The Supreme Court upheld a Texas law requiring age verification for accessing pornographic websites, which has led to increased operational costs for website operators.
- US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Age Verification Law for Pornography Sites — The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Texas law requiring pornography websites to verify the ages of their visitors, declaring it constitutional.
- Supreme Court releases opinion in Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton (23-1122) — The Supreme Court released an official slip opinion in Free Speech Coalition, Inc.
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