Indiana Court Blocks Age Verification Law

Indiana Court Blocks Age Verification Law

INDIANAPOLIS — A U.S. district court in Indiana has blocked the state's age verification law from taking effect this coming Monday, July 1.

Free Speech Coalition (FSC), which challenged the law in court alongside other industry stakeholders, released a statement praising the decision:

Free Speech Coalition fully agrees with the decision of the District Court in Indiana preventing that state’s age verification law from taking effect on Monday, July 1.

Judge Richard L. Young handed down his decision today, granting FSC and our co-plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction on the grounds that SB17 is “likely facially unconstitutional under the First Amendment.” The injunction effectively stops the law from taking effect by preventing the Indiana Attorney General from taking any action to enforce it. 

As FSC has repeatedly asserted, we can and should work to prevent minors’ from accessing age-inappropriate material and there are less burdensome solutions that do not violate the rights of legal adults to access the internet without enduring surveillance or risking their anonymity. 

For more information, visit FreeSpeechCoalition.org.

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