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

The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Wednesday to hear a challenge on free speech grounds to a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to verify the age of users in a case testing the legality of state efforts to keep minors from viewing such material online.

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

The Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday considers whether to strike down a Texas law aimed at preventing young people from accessing pornographic content online.