Supreme Court's ruling practically wipes out free speech for sex writing online

Others have said this, I'm sure, but this will move past porn _quickly_. Once there is agreed-up age verification for pornography, much of the professional internet will require identity verification to do _anything_. This is one of the bigger nails in the coffin for the free internet, and this true whether or not you're happy with all the pornography out there.

Already in the works: Australia is quietly introducing 'unprecedented' age checks for search engines like Google - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-11/age-verification-sear...