Speaking with Fox News Digital after oral arguments in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, Attorney General Ken Paxton explained that the case before the Supreme Court this week is all about protecting children from content that will harm them.

Texas and 18 other states have recently enacted laws requiring pornography websites to verify the ages of their visitors.

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

The law, meant to shield minors from sexual materials on the internet by requiring adults to prove they are 18, was challenged on First Amendment grounds.

How it rules on a Texas law requiring age verification on adult websites could shift the bounds of internet speech.