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Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, Docket No. 23-1122

Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, Docket No. 23-1122

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This case turned on a key detail in the law: it only places a small hurdle on adults, while giving the state room to protect kids from seeing explicit material online.


Texas passed a law that says certain websites with sexually explicit content need to check IDs or use data from a purchase to confirm you’re at least 18. The Supreme Court’s majority said that requirement touches adults’ speech only lightly. Under a middle‐of‐the‐road level of review, the law meets the test because it serves Texas’s important goal of keeping children from exposure to harmful material.


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