In Free Speech Coalition, Inc., et al. v. Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, No. 23-1122, 2025 WL 1773625, 606 U.S. (June 27, 2025), the Supreme Court balanced privacy and First Amendment interests with Texas' interest in protecting minors from obscene content online, holding 6-3 that a Texas age verification law passed constitutional muster. The decision makes it even more likely that California's Assembly Bill 1043, a pending age verification law known as the Digital Age Assurance Act, will similarly overcome any constitutional and privacy-based challenges it may face.
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Read "From Porn to Parental Controls, Age Checks Appear Here to Stay," authored by Nina D. Boyajian, published in Daily Journal.
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