The Supreme Court has upheld a Texas law aimed at blocking children under 18 from seeing online pornography by requiring websites to verify the ages of all visitors. Many states have passed similar age verification laws in an attempt to restrict access to adult material from minors,

Eighteen other states have enacted similar laws in recent years as access to online pornography has exploded and the material has become more graphic.

Plaintiffs argued the law violated people’s privacy rights and could be used to restrict media, such as R-rated movies.