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Maryam Khanum

Supreme Court Justice Appears Unfamiliar with Pornhub During Free Speech Hearing: 'Is It Like the Old Playboy Magazine?'

Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch (Credit: Jabin Botsford—Pool/Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

While considering a First Amendment case about access to explicit websites online, Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito appeared to be unfamiliar with websites such as PornHub, asking representing attorneys about the kinds of content available on such websites.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court considered a case that addressed a law passed in Texas in 2023, reported the Texas Tribune. The court was determining whether or not the law, which states that companies running websites where over a third of content is considered to be harmful to minors must implement age verification efforts to ensure users are over the age of 18, is compatible with the First Amendment.

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