Texas’ law for asking ID to consume porn is unconstitutional, rules US Federal court

A US Federal court has ruled that Texas’ law that asked users for an ID to verify their age to watch porn is unconstitutional. One of the biggest issues with the law, the judge found was that it clubbed adult entertainment sites with educational ones A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking a Texas law that sought to impose age verification and health warnings on pornographic websites. Pulling up Texas for a vaguely defined law The ruling was in favour of the Free Speech Coalition, an adult industry trade association, and it prohibits Texas from enforcing HB 1181, one of several state-level bills aimed at requiring age verification for accessing adult content online. Notably, the ruling pointed out the sensitive nature of requiring identification for accessing content on websites, particularly in a state like Texas, which still has a law criminalizing homosexuality. Double-edged sword that could do more harm than good Judge Ezra argued that the law was drafted in a way that both overlooked significant places where minors might access explicit content, like certain adult-oriented communities on platforms like Reddit, and jeopardized age-appropriate resources for older minors, such as websites providing sexual health information.