A Texas law requiring websites to verify visitors’ ages before providing them with adult content violates the First Amendment and should be blocked, free-speech advocates told a federal appeals court.
The Texas law, HB 1181, would burden the right of adults to view lawful sexual content, rob website visitors of their right to anonymity, and compel providers of adult content to express the state of Texas’ viewpoint on the allegedly harmful effects of pornography, according to a friend of the court brief docketed Thursday with the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
A US district court temporarily halted ...
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