The company stated, "Providing identification every time you want to visit an adult platform is not an effective solution for protecting users online, and in fact, will put minors and your privacy at risk."
The statement from the pornography company stated, "As you may know, your elected officials in Texas are requiring us to verify your age before allowing you access to our website. Not only does this impinge on the rights of adults to access protected speech, it fails strict scrutiny by employing the least effective and yet also most restrictive means of accomplishing Texas's stated purpose of allegedly protecting minors."
"While safety and compliance are at the forefront of our mission, providing identification every time you want to visit an adult platform is not an effective solution for protecting users online, and in fact, will put minors and your privacy at risk," it added.
Last month, Texas AG Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the company for not abiding by the age verification laws in the state.
In a post with the lawsuit, Paxton wrote, "Texas has a right to protect its children from the detrimental effects of pornographic content. I look forward to holding any company accountable that violates our age verification laws intended to prevent minors from being exposed to harmful, obscene material on the internet."
The state passed an age verification law last year that was held up in federal appeals court last week. It requires sites with adult content to institute age-verification measures to make sure you have to be 18 years or older to access them.
This came after a previous judge's ruling that struck down the law over concerns about free speech.
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