Age Verification Affirmed

A prescient Fifth Circuit panel opinion, perceiving the mismatch between somewhat-dated First Amendment precedent and the realities of modern-day adult entertainment, was affirmed on the last day of the Supreme Court term, albeit by using a different level of scrutiny. Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, No. 23-1122 (U.S. June 27, 2025). Texas’s age-verification laws for access to adult sites will stand; interest in proxy server technology will likely increase substantially.