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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub and other adult entertainment sites, for failing to enforce the state’s new age verification laws, first reported by 404 Media on Monday. Dave Bautista Opens Up About His Relationship With Denis Villeneuve“Texas has a right to protect its children from the detrimental effects of pornographic content,” said Attorney General Paxton in a press release. “I look forward to holding any company accountable that violates our age verification laws…

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused President Joe Biden of “running logistics for the cartels” in Mexico. “The very first day Joe Biden came into office, he announced there would be no more deportations . Why would he announce that? He was sending a signal to the cartels to get these people here as fast as they can. He was running logistics for the cartels,” Paxton said Saturday while delivering remarks to the Davis County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day fundraising dinner in Utah, The Salt Lake Tribune…

Seattle Children’s Hospital has sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) over what they consider an invasive and unlawful request from his office to turn over information on Texas residents who received gender-affirming care at the out-of-state hospital.  The hospital is seeking to have a November subpoena issued by Paxton dismissed by the Travis County District Court. The Texas attorney general had demanded unredacted access to information on Texan children who have been treated at the hospital, their…

Kate Cox, the Texas mother who sought permission to obtain an abortion, has been forced to flee the state to get medical care, her lawyers said on Monday. “This past week of legal limbo has been hellish for Kate,” said Nancy Northup, president and CEO at the Center for Reproductive Rights, which represents Cox. “She’s been in and out of the emergency room and she couldn’t wait any longer.” Cox, who lives in the Dallas area, was 20 weeks pregnant with her third child when the baby was diagnosed with trisomy…

Kate Cox, whose fetus was diagnosed with a fatal condition, had previously been granted permission for an abortion A pregnant woman was temporarily blocked from obtaining an emergency abortion by the Texas Supreme Court in a ruling issued Friday evening, CNN reported. The lower court’s decision was put on hold, and the Court said the case would remain pending. However, a timeline on when a full ruling would be issued was not given. “Without regard to the merits, the Court administratively…

Last week, Kate Cox, 20 weeks pregnant and a mother of two, received the worst news a person can get: her baby had a fatal condition known as Trisomy 18. The baby will not survive to birth, but under Texas law, there are only two options available to Cox: a vaginal delivery, or a C-section. Either option would risk her life or her ability to have children in the future.  Because of two prior C-sections, Cox’s doctors advised her she is at a high-risk for a uterine rupture if she had an induced labor, and that if…

Texas passed a sweeping new social media law Wednesday banning users under the age of 18 from accessing social media sites or creating accounts without first obtaining parental content. The law, which targets social networks but is written in a way that could include a large swath of online services, is the latest in a string of state bills attempting to legally age-gate the internet. 988—The New National Suicide Prevention HotlineThe law, dubbed the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment, (HB18) will…

Google, a unit of Alphabet, has agreed to pay $8 million (roughly Rs. 65 million) to settle claims it used deceptive advertisements to promote the Pixel 4 smartphone, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Friday.The search and advertising giant, which also makes Android smartphone software and owns YouTube, has been scrutinized for antitrust and consumer protection infractions by both the federal government and state attorneys general. The federal government has filed two antitrust lawsuits.In this instance,…

Google reached a settlement with Texas Attorney General Paxton on Friday for allegedly falsely advertising its Google Pixel 4 smartphone. The advertisements aired on iHeartMedia using radio DJs to promote the devices by broadcasting detailed testimonials, although Google reportedly never provided a phone for them to test. Paxton filed the lawsuit against the company in January of last year.Google’s Antitrust Case Is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to AIPaxton announced Texas has reached an $8 million settlement with…

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a news conference after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in President Joe Biden's bid to rescind a Trump-era immigration policy that forced migrants to stay in Mexico to await U.S. hearings on their asylum claims, in Washington, U.S., April 26, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | ReutersTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton unveiled a new lawsuit against Google on Thursday, this time alleging the search giant broke the state's biometric data law by failing to get adequate user…