Today’s decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton is a direct blow to the free speech rights of adults. This ruling allows states to enact onerous age-verification rules that will block adults from accessing lawful speech, curtail their ability to be anonymous, and jeopardize their data security and privacy.
It’s defeating. I remember telling folks left and right. Anyone that would listen. I really don’t even feel like talking to folks about it anymore now. It’s been a very numb year…