A group representing the adult entertainment industry asked the Supreme Court to pause a Texas law targeting minors’ access to online sexual content while it appeals a lower court ruling.
The request for an emergency stay by the Free Speech Coalition on Tuesday says the law limits adults’ access, too. Under the law, certain websites must verify that individuals accessing them are 18 or older.
The act “requires adults to comply with intrusive age-verification measures that mandate the submission of personally identifying information over the Internet in order to access websites containing sensitive and intimate content,” the request said.
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