To my understanding this law required much more invasive methods of age-verification than a simple "are you over 18?" prompt, which could potentially lead to people exposing sensitive personal information to malicious websites.
Take this with a grain of salt because i also haven't read the article yet, but i remember this lawsuit from other posts a couple of months ago.
Court Rules in Pornhub’s Favor in Finding Texas Age-Verification Law Violates First Amendment ( variety.com )
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/4221949...
xkcd #2821: Path Minimization ( startrek.website )
Link to comic: xkcd.com/2821/
Reddit braces for life after API changes ( techcrunch.com )
Reddit and its communities are preparing for a life after the platform's API changes forced popular third-party apps to shut down.