Websites with explicit content should be required to verify users’ ages
Democrats58%
Republicans82%
Independents59%
Source: Yahoo! News/YouGov, Jul. 3, 2025
Chart: Americans Agree
Chart: Americans Agree
Age Verification for Explicit Content
Yahoo! News/YouGov, Jul. 3, 2025
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| Question | Several states have age-verification requirement laws with the goal of preventing minors from accessing sexually explicit internet content. In order for adults to access porn websites, they need to provide some form of identification. Do you favor or oppose these age verification laws? |
| Response | Favor |
| Poll Main Page | Americans favor birthright citizenship by a huge margin — and oppose Trump's efforts to end it |
| Interview Period | Jun. 26, 2025 to Jun. 30, 2025 |
| Sample Size | 1,597 |
| Policy Context | When this poll was conducted in late June 2025, the Supreme Court had just ruled in favor of a Texas law that required sexually explicit websites to verify users’ ages. At the time, nearly half of U.S. states had similar laws, but until the ruling, the constitutionality of the laws was in question. |