SCOTUS declines to block Texas law requiring age-verification for adult content

The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a bid to stay a Texas law requiring age verification to view adult content online.

Abbott signed the law last June to require that pornography sites install age-verification measures, prompting a lawsuit from the Free Speech Coalition. Attorney General Ken Paxton later filed suit against the parent company of Pornhub. The website subsequently disabled content for users in Texas in March of this year.

The court did not provide an explanation for its decision in the brief order.

BREAKING: SCOTUS has denied the pornography industry’s effort to block Texas’s age-verification law. Children will continue to be protected from harmful content in Texas. pic.twitter.com/5hMJ5XjXX7

— Texas Attorney General (@TXAG) April 30, 2024

Paxton celebrated the decision in an X post, stating that "SCOTUS has denied the pornography industry’s effort to block Texas’s age-verification law. Children will continue to be protected from harmful content in Texas."

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter.