Porn Outfits Sue Indiana AG Over Proof Of Age Law

June 11, 2024 Politics, Republicans

Courthouse News reports:

An international group of pornography website operators sued Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita in federal court Monday, hoping to block a recent state law that requires users to prove they are over 18 before they can access adult content online. The plaintiffs say Indiana’s new law, which is set to take effect in July, violates the First, Fifth, Eighth and 14th Amendments, as well as the 1996 federal Communications Decency Act, which helps regulate porn at the federal level.

The plaintiffs in Monday’s suit against Indiana claim that state’s law violates adults’ right to privacy and could expose personal information to online threats. Plus, the plaintiffs claim, the law is easy to circumvent: It would be difficult to block only Indiana IP addresses from accessing their porn sites, particularly near state borders, and there are a number of free and commercially available web technologies could allow Indiana users to get around such a block.

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Nineteen red states have enacted a porn/age law similar to Indiana’s since 2022. Earlier this year, Pornhub famously cut off access for Texas residents.



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