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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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A Kansas law firm is promoting religious and debunked scientific theories to get clients for their lawsuits against adult sites due to the state’s age verification law.

Kansas Law Firm Deploys Religion, Bunk Science While Recruiting Plaintiffs Under AV Law

Kansas-based personal injury law firm Mann Wyatt Tanksley is promoting debunked scientific theories and leveraging religious affiliation against the industry while it seeks potential plaintiffs for lawsuits against adult companies under the state’s age verification law.

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The US 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the Free Speech Coalition’s suit challenging Utah’s age verification law.

Tenth Circuit Kills FSC’s Attempt to Rehear Utah AV Case AVN

According to the docket, the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals killed a last-ditch appeal to rehear a portion of the Free Speech Coalition's lawsuit challenging a controversial age verification bounty law in Utah.

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According to the Free Speech Coalition blog, at least one adult site has received a demand letter from a personal injury firm, regarding the Kansas age verification law.

Adult Site Threatened Over Age-Verification in Kansas — Free Speech Coalition

Free Speech Coalition has been notified that a personal injury law firm has begun sending demand letters to websites that are accessible in Kansas without age verification.  The law firm’s demand letter seeks close to $1M in damages for allegedly violating Kansas’ age-verification law.

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