An adult entertainment group and others in the industry are challenging Louisiana laws requiring sexually explicit websites to verify the age of viewers.
BATON ROUGE, La. — An adult entertainment group and others in the industry have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Louisiana laws requiring sexually explicit websites to make users electronically verify that they are at least 18 years old.
The suit says the laws could chill free speech because the terms are so vague that providers wouldn't be able to decipher "material harmful to minors." "Showing your ID in a checkout lane is simply not the same as submitting it to a government database," Jeffrey Sandman, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said in a Wednesday news release.
The suit seeks to have the law struck down as unconstitutional. On Wednesday, the plaintiffs asked that the court block enforcement of the law while the suit proceeds.challenging Utah's age-verification law.
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