The Supreme Court on June 27 upheld a Texas law requiring pornographic websites verify users are at least 18, in a case that pitted concerns about protecting minors against worries about violating the First Amendment rights of adults.

The court split 6-3 along ideologically grounds with the three liberal justices dissenting.

Eighteen other, largely conservative states have enacted similar laws in recent years as access toa growing cache of online pornography has exploded and the material has become more graphic.

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    18 hours ago

    Sorry, didn’t mean to imply it was a bad thing. It’s only a bad thing when you want to limit others because of your own lack of self control as a means to control yourself.