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A recap of the Texas age verification law.

Texas’ war on porn

Last year, the state enacted a law mandating that adult content websites verify the age of their users. Since its implementation, a dozen such websites have blocked access. Meanwhile, critics argue that the law infringes on fundamental rights to freedom of expression and privacy

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A judge in the U.S. district court has stopped a lawsuit brought by the Free Speech Coalition against Indiana’s age verification law.

Judge Pauses Lawsuit Over Indiana AV Law

A U.S. district court judge has paused a lawsuit over Indiana’s age verification law, pending the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Free Speech Coalition-led challenge to Texas’ age verification law, HB 1181.

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The ASACP has put out a statement suggesting that adult companies follow the age verification law in the U.K. Online Safety Act.

ASACP Urges Compliance With UK Online Safety Act

The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) has issued a statement advising adult companies to prepare to comply with the age assurance provisions of the U.K.’s Online Safety Act, which go into effect in 2025.

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Michael McGrady talks about the Christian right’s support of Ken Paxton, Texas AG, in the lawsuit brought by the Free Speech Coalition.

Christian Nationalists And Bigots Stump For Ken Paxton In SCOTUS Age Verification Case

Scores of organizations from across the anti-pornography movement have filed amicus briefs supporting the state of Texas and Attorney General Ken Paxton in a U.S. Supreme Court case dealing with hi…

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Pornhub may be able to avoid some age verification rules under the new UK Online Safety Act.

Pornhub May Avoid Certain AV Rules Under U.K. Online Safety Act AVN

Ofcom told AVN that Aylo's flagship web property, Pornhub.com, might not face any initial age verification requirements as mandated by the Online Safety Act.

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The Free Speech Coalition has sued the US state of Tennessee over the state’s age verification law.

FSC Sues Tennessee Over Criminal Age Verification Law AVN

The Free Speech Coalition announced today that it has sued the state of Tennessee in federal court.

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The Attorney Generals of Ohio and Indiana have filed amicus briefs in support of Texas” age verification law.

Indiana, Ohio AGs File Amicus Brief in Support of Texas’ AV Law

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, along with Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and officials from 22 other states, on Friday filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in support of Texas’ controversial age verification law.

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The Alliance Defending Freedom, an anti-porn group and a noted hate group, has filed a brief in the FSC’s case against Texas’s age verification law.

Anti-Porn Group Files Brief in SCOTUS Age Verification Case AVN

In the latest update of the docket, a major anti-pornography group has filed an amicus brief in support of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asking the U.S. Supreme Court to keep a controversial age verification law in place that targets explicitly adult entertainment websites in the Lone Star state.

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Michael McGrady with an exclusive on anti-porn and anti-trafficking charities.

Dirty laundry piles up at Utah’s anti-porn and anti-trafficking charities.

Moral Panic

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UK’s tech secretary says age verification is one of the country’s new Online Safety Act’s priorities.

UK Tech Secretary Lists Age Verification Among OSA Priorities

Peter Kyle, the U.K.’s Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, on Wednesday made public a draft version of his priorities for implementing the Online Safety Act (OSA), including age verification.

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