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Data: Age Verification Providers Association. Map: Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios Nineteen states have passed laws requiring adult websites to verify that users are older than 18 — and the Supreme Court could soon give more states a green light to follow suit, Axios' Alex Fitzpatrick writes. The justices indicated this week that they're likely to uphold Texas' age-verification law. ? How it works: Age verification laws typically require adult websites to implement a way of checking users' ages, often via government-issued IDs. The laws are meant to prevent underage kids from accessing pornographic websites. Critics say they raise privacy and First Amendment concerns. ? "Any regulations that require hundreds of thousands of adult sites to collect significant amounts of highly sensitive personal information is putting user safety in jeopardy," Pornhub parent company Aylo said. Some adult sites, including Pornhub, have decided to go dark in states with age verification rules.