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Supreme Court hears porn sites' bid to strike down online age-verification laws
- The Supreme Court will decide whether laws requiring adult entertainment websites to conduct electronic age verification violate the First Amendment.
The Supreme Court is currently hearing arguments in a case involving the constitutionality of Texas and Florida laws that aim to regulate how social media platforms moderate content. These laws were enacted in response to claims that conservative voices were being unfairly censored online. The case, known as Moody v. NetChoice, LLC, pits tech industry groups against state officials, with the platforms arguing that these laws infringe on their First Amendment rights to make editorial decisions about what content to host. The states, however, assert that social media companies should not be allowed to censor content based on political viewpoints. The outcome of this case could significantly impact how content is moderated on the internet, potentially affecting the balance between free speech and platform autonomy.
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Read the Full ABC Article at:
[ https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-hears-porn-sites-bid-strike-online/story?id=117439757 ]
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