PornHub and Other Explicit Websites Suing Texas Over Age-Verification Law
PornHub and a group of other explicit websites are suing Texas over a new law requiring users to verify that they are adults.
The group is asking the court to block Texas Interim Attorney General Angela Colmenero from enforcing a new law, House Bill 1181, that requires adult websites to use “reasonable age verification methods.”
According to a report from local station KXAN, “The Free Speech Coalition (FSC), a trade association that represents “hundreds of businesses and individuals involved in the production, distribution, sale, and presentation of constitutionally-protected adult content,” filed the lawsuit alongside 16 companies and one anonymous adult performer.”
“Many of FSC’s members are individual adult performers gravely concerned about the consequences of the Act, but who fear for their safety should they come forward publicly to challenge the Act in court,” the lawsuit claims.
The report explains that porn site users must be asked to provide digital identification; government-issued identification; or, public or private transactional data (mortgage, pay stub, etc.) to prove that they are adults and not minors.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/pornhub-other-explicit-websites-suing-texas-age-verification/