Data: Age Verification Providers Association; Map: Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios
Nineteen U.S. states, including Utah, have passed laws requiring adult website visitors to verify their age as of January.
Why it matters: The Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a challenge to Texas' age verification law that could determine the fate of all such state rules.
Zoom in: Since 2023, Pornhub has blocked access in Utah in protest of new age verification law.
Driving the news: The law is meant to prevent underage kids from accessing pornographic websites.
But free speech advocates — like the Free Speech Coalition, which is challenging Texas' law — say such rules could infringe upon adults' First Amendment rights.
That group has also challenged similar laws in several other states.
How it works: The map above is based on information gathered by the Age Verification Providers Association, a trade group.