Beyond Pornography: A Prelude To Broader Digital Surveillance?

How Texas's age verification law signals a slippery slope for privacy rights.

https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/beyond-pornography-a-prelude-to-broader


Pornhub, the largest online pornography platform, and serveral other pornography websites disabled access to Texas today. This comes after Ken Paxton sued Pornhub’s parent company, Aylo. Paxton accused Aylo of failing to implement “reasonable age verification methods” on Pornhub and other adult sites that it owns.

In the fabric of American freedoms, the First Amendment stands as a beacon of protection for free speech, casting its light across the broad spectrum of expression, from the political to the personal, and yes, even to the realm of sexually explicit material.

The Supreme Court rulings have affirmed that consenting adults possess the freedom to engage with sexually explicit material. This legal stance underscores a fundamental respect for personal autonomy and the right to access information and expressive content without undue interference.

What’s happening in this case isn’t about pornography; it’s about the First Amendment.