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The Free Speech Coalitions appeal to the The United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit was denied, pending an appeal to the US Supreme Court.

5th Circuit Denies Texas AV Law Stay Pending SCOTUS Appeal

The United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has rejected a petition, by Free Speech Coalition (FSC) and its co-plaintiffs in the challenge to Texas’ controversial age verification law, to stay the court’s recent decision upholding the law while they appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to review its constitutionality.

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The State of Kentucky has passed an age verification measure against adult sites.

Kentucky Senate Advances AV Measure Via Last-Minute Amendment AVN

Kentucky lawmakers attached a rider bill to an unrelated measure establishing age verification targeting adult websites.

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YNOT’s Gene Zorkin opines that Florida’s HB3 will undoubtedly bring about legal challenges.

Life’s Certainties: Death, Taxes and Lawsuits Challenging Florida’s HB 3

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The Nebraska Legislature has unanimously passed still another state age verification bill.

Nebraska Legislature advances bill to require age verification for porn sites

Nebraska lawmakers supported a bill Wednesday that would require porn websites to verify the age of website users, advancing the proposal that critics characterized as half-baked.

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Members of the Canadian Parliament are pushing to add age verification into their Online Harms Bill.

Canadian MPs Want Age Verification in Online Harms Bill AVN

Members of the Canadian Parliament are pressing for age verification provisions to be added to the Online Harms Bill, C-63, introduced by the government.

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The Free Speech Coalition has said they plan to appeal the Texas lawsuit about their age verification bill to the Supreme Court.

FSC Indicates Intent to Appeal Texas AV Suit to Supreme Court AVN

The plaintiffs in ongoing litigation against the state of Texas have declared their intent to appeal to the Supreme Court in a bid to rule age verification unconstitutional.

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The Kansas Legislature has forwarded the state’s age verification bill to the Governor’s desk.

Kansas Lawmakers Send AV Bill to Governor’s Desk AVN

Kansas lawmakers voted to implement age verification and send the proposal to the governor's desk.

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The states of Nebraska and Kansas continue to debate their copycat age verification bills.

Kansas and Nebraska Still Busy Debating Age Verification Bills AVN

Age verification proposals targeting pornography in Nebraska and Kansas are still at the top of the docket at these state legislatures.

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The Free Speech Coalition gave their statement on Florida passing HB3

Florida Passes HB3 — Free Speech Coalition

This afternoon, Florida Governor DeSantis has signed into law HB3 , an age-verification bill that requires any site with 33.3% “material harmful to minors” to verify the age and identity of every visitor. The bill also bans minors under the age of 14 from having social media accounts – effectively

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Susan Humphries, a Kansas House Republican, wants to create a new state agency to investigate porn sites.

Kansas Republican Aims to Create New Bureaucracy to ‘Investigate’ Porn Websites

Republicans succeeded in moving forward Kansas’ version of the age verification bills being sponsored around the country by anti-porn religious conservative activists, in spite of serious questions by House Democrats about the cost of establishing a new bureaucracy tasked with investigating websites for pornographic content.

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