The Supreme Court appeared open Wednesday to upholding a Texas law requiring pornography websites verify the age of their users, as they expressed concerns during oral arguments about the ease children have accessing explicit videos online.

Can Texas and red states limit children from instant access to vast amounts of online pornography? The Supreme Court will decide.

During oral arguments, justices grappled with questions of how to protect children while preserving free speech and privacy.

U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed worries on Wednesday over the availability of online pornography to minors as they weighed the legality of a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to verify the age of users,

A majority of the Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that Texas may be permitted to require some form of age verification for pornographic sites, but left open the possibility that deeper First Amendment questions may not be resolved immediately.

A Texas appeal over age verification for accessing sexual content online raises important constitutional questions.

Texas is among more than a dozen states with similar laws aimed at blocking young children and teenagers from viewing pornography.

A Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of users before allowing them access will go before the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Texas, by way of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, is before the Supreme Court on a conservative culture-war issue. This case centers on a Texas law that requires sites with one-third or more content that is “harmful to minors” to verify the age of users before granting access.