Age verification laws have been passed in at least 24 states. Some say it’s an effort to protect kids, while others say it restricts protected speech.

Bluesky has chosen to block access in the state rather than risk potential fines of up to $10,000 per violation.

Age verification laws, such as Texas's age verification law, are a long-overdue update to bring online adult content in line with offline protections for minors, and are supported by a strong ...

After the U.K. began to enforce more stringent age verification laws on adult websites, popular platform Pornhub saw ...

A Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of their users will remain after the Supreme Court declined an emergency appeal. Here’s what the court said about House Bill 1181 ...

Regarding,” Texas’ age verification law for porn upheld by U.S. Supreme Court,” (June 27): The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Texas ban on online porn, which was expected after oral arguments ...

While the Free Speech Coalition filed lawsuits against multiple states with age-verification laws, the United States Supreme Court ruled in June that a Texas age-verification law could stand.

The court refused to intervene in a decision that affirmed a Mississippi law requiring social media users to verify their ...

NetChoice, which represents Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and other sites, argues laws like Mississippi's violate social media ...

Bluesky, a decentralized-ish Twitter clone for people who liked Twitter before Elon Musk turned it into a Nazi bar, is no longer accessible in Mississippi. The state's "age verification" law–a ...

Bluesky does comply with the UK's controversial Online Safety Act, which also requires internet services to verify user ages.