Texas shows age verification for pornography sites works

Published March 15, 2024 3:56pm ET



Unless you use a virtual private network and hide your location, the most visited pornography site in the world, Pornhub, is no longer available to people in Texas.

Shortly after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a state law requiring pornography sites to verify the ages of users, Pornhub blocked access to the website in Texas, claiming the law “impinge[s] on the rights of adults to access protected speech.”

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