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Court Rules in Pornhub’s Favor in Finding Texas Age-Verification Law Violates First Amendment (variety.com)
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Court Rules in Pornhub’s Favor in Finding Texas Age-Verification Law Violates First Amendment::A Texas law requiring age-verification measures for porn sites, challenged by Pornhub and others, violates the First Amendment, a judge ruled.

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[–] jubalvoid@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

In fairness there was no confrontation in those states. Texas likely got the bonk because of requiring the disclaimer being a bridge too far, but the ruling explicitly blocks the age verification portion as well so it could be used as precedent against the other states now.