During arguments for a case over a Texas law requiring age verification for pornographic websites, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito asked the lawyer for the adult industry whether Pornhub, a major ...

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The justice asked if Pornhub was "like the old Playboy magazine" with "essays by the modern-day equivalent of Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr.?” ...

After Shaffer acknowledged that to “the youngest minors … most of it is” obscene, Alito went a step further. “But is it like the old Playboy magazine? You have essays there by the modern ...

The 74-year-old associate justice's comments came during a hearing on Texas H.B. 1181, which requires individuals to verify their age to access sexual content online ...

AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito became the talk of the internet after asking about how PornHub compared to Playboy magazine during a court hearing on Wednesday.

Justice Sam Alito asked a lawyer representing PornHub if the site boasted essays "by the modern day equivalent of Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr.?" ...

Justice Samuel Alito managed to arouse a lot of attention on social media Wednesday thanks to his question about how the adult content platform Pornhub compares to Playboy magazine. It happened ...

Justice Samuel Alito managed to arouse a lot of attention on social media Wednesday thanks to his question about how the adult content platform Pornhub compares to Playboy magazine. It happened when ...

Against that backdrop, Alito asked the industry lawyer before the court what percentage of the material on the Pornhub website “is not obscene as to children.” “Is it like the old Playboy ...