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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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Since I can’t read lawyer speak very well, can someone sum up why it was considered a first amendment failing?

It can understand why forcing sites to display the warning would be a violation, but the basic wording of “reasonable age verification method” doesn’t seem to be a first amendment violation to my understanding.

Note: I am not disagreeing with this outcome, I just don’t understand how it’s specifically a first amendment violation.

Also please use small words, as I am dumb.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

To my understanding this law required much more invasive methods of age-verification than a simple "are you over 18?" prompt, which could potentially lead to people exposing sensitive personal information to malicious websites.

Take this with a grain of salt because i also haven't read the article yet, but i remember this lawsuit from other posts a couple of months ago.

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