The Supreme Court on June 27 upheld a Texas law requiring pornographic websites verify users are at least 18, in a case that pitted concerns about protecting minors against worries about violating the First Amendment rights of adults.

The court split 6-3 along ideologically grounds with the three liberal justices dissenting.

Eighteen other, largely conservative states have enacted similar laws in recent years as access toa growing cache of online pornography has exploded and the material has become more graphic.

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    11 days ago

    We’re a ways off from that, simply because VPNs have too much business utility.

    But we’re definitely moving in the direction of “Everyone who uses the internet has to show their ID first” as a means of tracking the bulk of retail web surfing.