Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed lawsuits on Tuesday against the parent companies of Chaturbate and xHamster, claiming that the sites are not complying with the state’s controversial age verification law, HB 1181.
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I don’t really understand how the state can make it the site’s responsibility to restrict access from their citizens. The site is not operating out of or incorporated in Texas. If the state doesn’t want their citizens to access something, it’s their responsibility to ensure that.
I think it’s like alcohol and tobacco sales. The state doesn’t place agents at every store to verify your ID, it’s the person selling the restricted goods that’s responsible.
Right? Among the many ways this is unconstitutional, the damn interstate commerce clause may apply.