The Supreme Court Rules on Protecting Kids from Sexually Themed Speech Online | Hoover Institution

Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer discuss the Court’s June 27 decision in Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, which upheld a state law that required pornography sites to “use reasonable age verification methods … to verify” that their users are adults.

Recorded on July 1, 2025.

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