Texas age verification law took effect earlier this month, resulting in Pornhub withdraws its service from the state. This week, the porn industry hopes to take the law to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Free Speech Coalition (FSC), the adult entertainment industry’s trade association, is asking the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold its ruling upholding the Texas law, allowing an appeal to the Supreme Court, as first reported law and crime Wednesday. Lawyers for the FSC told Law & Crime magazine that a petition will be filed soon with the Supreme Court asking it to review the ruling.
Texas is one of nearly a dozen states to pass age verification laws that require porn sites to verify users’ ages to confirm their age. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in favor of the Texas law earlier this month. Pornhub says these laws are “Ineffective, arbitrary and dangerous” and just days after the ruling, it banned Texans from accessing it and its sister sites. Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Utah and Virginia are among the states that Pornhub Other states that prohibit access to their website.
Last week, Texas stepped up efforts to crack down on sex peddlers Sue Xhamster and Chaturbate Failure to comply with age verification laws. Adult websites that remain open in the state and do not verify users’ ages could face “fines of $10,000 per day, plus an additional $10,000 per day if the company unlawfully retains identifying information, and an additional $250,000 per day if a child is exposed to pornographic content” due The user’s age was not properly verified. “
Florida is one of the latest states to pass an age verification law.However, Porhub has not yet Bans horny Floridians from their website.