Photo by Philipp Katzenberger/Unsplash

The Texas Attorney General has filed lawsuits against two companies that operate pornographic platforms.

On Friday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, released a statement announcing that his office had filed lawsuits against Multi Media, LLC and Hammy Media, the two companies that operate the pornography sites.

Listen to them on the latest episode of “Quick Start”:

Paxton argued in his legal complaints that the two parent companies violated HB 1181, a state law that requires the implementation of age verification measures to prevent minors from accessing the websites.

The Attorney General's Office filed lawsuits against Hammy Media and Multi Media, LLC on Tuesday. In the filing, they asked the judge to issue an order finding the companies actively violating state law and banning them from “publishing or distributing online sexual material harmful to minors without using appropriate age verification methods.” to disallow.

Additionally, the lawsuits seek to impose civil penalties of $10,000 per day for each day the companies continue to violate the state's law protecting minors from illegal content. The total penalties against Multi Media, LLC were $1,780,000 and against Hammy Media were $1,670,000.

It's worth noting that, according to MySA, xHamster blocked Texas users and Chaturbate introduced a device that requires visitors to present a driver's license before gaining access to the site. These actions were taken in response to the lawsuits filed by Paxton.

Citing other litigation against similar platforms, the attorney general said that Pornhub – the world's largest pornography platform – had “deactivated its website in Texas.”

“Sites like Pornhub are on the run because Texas has a law designed to prevent them from showing harmful, obscene material to children,” he said. “In Texas, companies can’t get away with showing porn to children. If they don’t want to comply, they should leave Texas.”

Pornhub has taken similar measures in other states with age verification laws.

Paxton has vowed to “aggressively enforce” HB 1181 and warned, “Any pornography companies that fail to implement appropriate age verification measures on their websites should be aware that they are violating Texas law.”

***As the number of voices subjected to censorship by Big Tech continues to grow, please subscribe to Faithwire's daily newsletter and download the CBN News app to stay on top of the latest news from a distinctly Christian perspective to stay up to date.** *