The Supreme Court of the United States has denied efforts from the pornography industry to block Texas’ age-verification legislation.
In a one-sentence order issued today, SCOTUS stated that “The application for stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied.”
This follows an emergency appeal by the Free Speech Coalition—which is representing multiple companies within the pornography industry—to SCOTUS earlier this month asking the Court to overturn a ruling in a lower court that allowed House Bill 1181 to remain in effect, according to the National Review.
HB 1181 forces pornography websites to establish “reasonable” methods for verification that users are 18 years old or older.
While some companies like PornHub, which is the largest online website for sharing sex videos, disabled access to the site in Texas entirely in March following the new law, other companies took different approaches.
For example, earlier last week, Multi Media LLC—operator of a major porn website called “Chaturbate”—agreed to a settlement with the state of Texas to implement age verification procedures.
Multi Media LLC is required by the settlement to pay $675,000 to Texas for operating “Chaturbate” without these methods of age restriction in place.
“Children will continue to be protected from harmful content in Texas,” Attorney General Ken Paxton posted on X today.
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