Adult entertainment industry sues again over law requiring pornographic sites to verify users' ages

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An Indiana law that requires porn websites to verify users’ ages is being challenged by an association of the adult entertainment industry in federal court. The Free Speech Coalition also sued Texas over a similar law in August but the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block the law.

FILE - The Indiana Statehouse appears on May 5, 2017, in Indianapolis. An adult film industry association is challenging an Indiana law that requires pornographic websites to verify users’ ages in federal court. INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana law that requires pornographic websites to verify users’ ages — one of numerous such statutes in effect across the country — is being challenged by an association of the adult entertainment industry.According to the Indiana law signed by Republican Gov.

In the complaint filed Monday, the association says the Indiana law is unenforceable and unconstitutional. The group is asking a federal judge in Indianapolis to issue a preliminary injunction against the law before it takes effect on July 1 and to block the law permanently.Fossil-hunting diver says he has found a large section of mastodon tusk off Florida’s coast“Children shouldn’t be able to easily access explicit material that can cause them harm,” the post said. “It’s commonsense.

The Texas law remains in effect as the Supreme Court weighs the Free Speech Coalition’s full appeal. The Utah law

 

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