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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jul 2, 2024

#SupremeCourt agrees to review #Texas #age #verification #law for #porn #sites.

The #dispute centers around #Texas #HB1181, which was enacted in June 2023 and aims to prevent #minors from #accessing #sexual #content #online.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-texas-porn-sites-age-verification-law/

Supreme Court agrees to review Texas age verification law for porn sites

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will consider a challenge to a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to verify the ages of their visitors.

CBS News

Freezenet Mar 17, 2024

Cause and Effect In Action: After Texas Passes Age Verification, VPN Searches Soar

Many have long pointed out that VPNs can circumvent Canada's age verification laws. Texas is offering a beautiful demonstration of why this is a strong point.

https://www.freezenet.ca/cause-and-effect-in-action-after-texas-passes-age-verification-vpn-searches-soar/

#Censorship #News #AgeVerification #Aylo #BillS210 #Canada #HB1181 #Pornhub #Texas #TOR #VPN

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Nonilex Mar 15, 2024

#HB1181 also required #porn sites to display a controversial “health warning,” which the #law’s opponents called “pseudoscientific.” They included language like: “#TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES WARNING: Pornography increases the demand for prostitution, child exploitation, & child pornography.” 
While the #FifthCircuit upheld the age verification portion of the #law, it struck down the health warning req, ruling that it “unconstitutionally compelled plaintiffs’ speech.”

#privacy #FirstAmendment

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Nonilex Mar 15, 2024

Last June, #Texas Gov #GregAbbott signed into #law #HB1181, a bill requiring companies that offer “sexual material harmful to minors” to verify that its users are ≥18.
 Companies that need to limit access by minors…, commonly use #AgeGating methods like requiring a user to list their DOB. TX’s law required users to prove their age by either entering info from a govt-issued ID or using a 3rd-party sys that uses public & #private #data —like employment, education or mortgage info— to verify age.