U.S. District Judge David Ezra ruled a child protections bill signed by Gov. Abbott in June violates free speech rights.
A federal judge has struck down a Texas law requiring age verification and health warnings to view pornographic websites and blocked the state attorney general's office from enforcing it., which was signed into law by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in June, violates free speech rights and is overbroad and vague.
The lawsuit was filed August 4 by the Free Speech Coalition, a trade association for the adult entertainment industry and a person identified as Jane Doe and described as an adult entertainer on Judge Ezra also said the law, which was to take effect Friday, raises privacy concerns because a permissible age verification is using a traceable government-issued identification and the government has access to and is not required to delete the data.
Ezra said Texas has a legitimate goal of protecting children from online sexual material, but noted other measures, including blocking and filtering software, exist. "The disclosures state scientific findings as a matter of fact, when in reality, they range from heavily contested to unsupported by the evidence," Ezra wrote.
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