US court upholds Texas law mandating age verification for online porn

FILE PHOTO: Texas Governor Greg Abbott attends the event for Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump during his visit at the southern border in Edinburg, Texas, U.S. November 19, 2023. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo

(Reuters) -A federal appeals court has upheld a Texas law mandating that pornography websites verify that their users are adults, though it struck down a part of the law requiring them to display health warnings about their content.

The 2-1 decision from the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals late on Thursday overturned a lower court ruling blocking the law, which had been challenged in court by pornography producers.