Red State, Porn State: Conservative States Dominate 2023 for Googling Porn
With 2023 officially in the books, we thought we'd look at some Google data to see which state was spending the most time thinking about the porn industry. Turns out ...
Tag: Louisiana
State Laws and the Madness of “No Particular Duty to Enforce”
If you’ve been following the Free Speech Coalition’s challenges to age-verification mandates passed by states like Utah and Louisiana, then you know FSC has repeatedly run into the problem of ...
Louisiana Court Dismissing Part of FSC Case Isn’t a Shock, Or the End of the Story
NEW ORLEANS, La. – When U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan granted the state’s motion to dismiss the Free Speech Coalition lawsuit challenging §2800.29 – a section of Louisiana law enacted ...
Wherefore Art Thou, Age-Verification Lawsuits?
SALT LAKE CITY – Last month, a district court in Utah dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Free Speech Coalition (FSC) and other plaintiffs challenging the state’s age verification mandate, ...
FSC Sues Louisiana Over Age Verification Mandate
The Free Speech Coalition announced yesterday that it has filed a legal challenge in Louisiana over the state’s “unconstitutional age-verification law,” noting that the state’s law “gives the state the ...
The “PAVE Act” is Now Law in Louisiana. Can it Survive Court Scrutiny?
BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards yesterday signed into law the “Pornography Age Verification Enforcement” (“PAVE”) Act (also known as ACT 216-HB77), a piece of companion legislation ...
Update: Status of Age Verification Laws in Utah, Louisiana and Arkansas
State lawmakers across the United States are gaining traction and justification to mandate age verification laws as a means to supposedly protect children from the harms of the internet. Given ...
2023’s Rough Start: La. Age Verification Law, Pineapple Support Twitter Ban
It's 2023. Already, the adult entertainment industry is experiencing a high degree of limitation and challenges as the new year enters full steam. From new laws entering force to shadow ...
La. Bill Would Enable Residents to Sue Adult Sites Over Age Verification
BATON ROUGE — A state legislator in Louisiana has proposed legislation that would permit residents to sue websites that provide pornographic content if they feel the site doesn't have sufficient ...
Appeals Court: Exotic Dancers in Louisiana Must Be 21+
A panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled an Act which amends two Louisiana laws regulating strip clubs is not unconstitutionally vague or over-broad. ...
