Attorney General Alan Wilson applauds SCOTUS ruling on online age-verification laws

(COLUMBIA, S.C.)– South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson today praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling upholding the constitutionality of state age-verification laws designed to protect children from harmful online content. 

“This ruling is a powerful step toward bringing order to the Wild West of the digital age,” said Attorney General Wilson. “Our children are being exposed to dangerous content every day online, and states must have the ability to step in and protect them. The Supreme Court’s decision affirms that we don’t have to stand by while Big Tech turns a blind eye; we can take action, and South Carolina has already.” 

Attorney General Wilson played a key role in this national legal victory, offering testimony and strong support for South Carolina’s own online age-verification law. His leadership on this issue helped enact one of the nation’s first age-verification laws and pushed for empowering states to enact commonsense protections for children in the fast-evolving digital age and artificial intelligence.  

You can read the Court’s full opinion here.