30 days/30: US Supreme Court upholds Texas law requiring ID verification for porn sites
US Supreme Court upholds Texas law requiring ID verification for porn sites Getty Images The US Supreme Court has upheld a Texas law that requires users accessing pornography sites to verify their age using a government ID or a face scan. The 2023 law was challenged by PornHub and other sites that argued the requirement violated constitutional rights to free speech by placing a burden on adults who want to access that content. Texas has defended the law, saying it was created to limit harm to minors. More than a dozen other states have passed similar laws. Ultimately, the justices voted 6-3 along ideological lines in a decision released on Friday. "The power to require age verification is within a State's authority to prevent children from accessing sexually explicit content," Justice Clarence Thomas, who authored the opinion, wrote. In a two-hour hearing in January, the justices had appeared to agree with Texas that some form of safeguards should be in place to protect...