Texas wins court order to suspend domain name for violating age-verification law

德克萨斯州赢得法院命令，暂停违规色情网站域名以执行年龄验证法

July 01, 2026 | Press Release 2026年7月1日 | 新闻稿

Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Landmark Legal Victory to Lock Pornographic Website Domain and Protect Minors From Harmful Content 德克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿（Ken Paxton）取得里程碑式法律胜利，成功锁定色情网站域名以保护未成年人免受有害内容侵害

Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a landmark court order to cut off a pornographic website’s ability to operate under its domain name after the company failed to take measures to protect children from the harmful sexual content it published. This legal victory establishes a significant precedent for enforcing age-verification laws against non-compliant foreign operators. 德克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿获得了一项里程碑式的法院命令，切断了一家色情网站使用其域名的运营能力，原因是该公司未能采取措施保护儿童免受其发布的有害性内容侵害。这一法律胜利为针对不合规的外国运营商执行年龄验证法确立了重要的先例。

In April 2024, Attorney General Paxton sued Kick Online Entertainment (“Kick”), the owner of the pornographic website motherless.com, for violating Texas’s age-verification law. He subsequently obtained a Default Judgment and Permanent Injunction requiring the company to stop publishing harmful sexual material to minors and implement reasonable age-verification measures. Kick Online, which openly describes itself as a “moral free” company, ignored the lawsuit and refused to comply with the court’s order. It continued publishing and distributing harmful sexual material that was accessible to minors in Texas. 2024年4月，帕克斯顿总检察长起诉了色情网站 motherless.com 的所有者 Kick Online Entertainment（简称“Kick”），指控其违反了德克萨斯州的年龄验证法。随后，他获得了缺席判决和永久禁令，要求该公司停止向未成年人发布有害性材料，并实施合理的年龄验证措施。Kick Online 公开宣称自己是一家“无道德约束”的公司，该公司无视诉讼并拒绝遵守法院命令，继续发布和传播德克萨斯州未成年人可以访问的有害性材料。

Now, to secure compliance and safeguard Texas children, Attorney General Paxton has obtained a court-ordered writ directing Verisign, the company that maintains the “.com” domain registry, to place the domain “motherless.com” on a registry lock, hold, or similar status. Under the court’s order, Kick may only seek to replevy the domain by posting a $9.14 million bond conditioned on implementing age verification that complies with Texas law and satisfying the civil penalties previously awarded in the case. 现在，为了确保合规并保护德克萨斯州的儿童，帕克斯顿总检察长已获得法院签发的令状，指示负责维护“.com”域名注册的 Verisign 公司将“motherless.com”域名置于注册锁定、暂停或类似状态。根据法院命令，Kick 若想取回该域名，必须缴纳 914 万美元的保证金，前提是必须实施符合德克萨斯州法律的年龄验证措施，并支付此前案件中判决的民事罚款。

“This court order establishes a huge precedent that websites can be stripped of their domain if they ignore the law and harm children with pornographic content,” said Attorney General Paxton. “This affirms that protecting children from pornographic content is not only about collecting a penalty but also shutting down websites that refuse to obey the law. My office will continue to take action against any website that harms kids by allowing them access to pornographic content.” “这项法院命令确立了一个巨大的先例：如果网站无视法律并利用色情内容伤害儿童，它们可能会被剥夺域名，”帕克斯顿总检察长表示。“这证实了保护儿童免受色情内容侵害不仅是关于收取罚款，更是要关闭那些拒绝遵守法律的网站。我的办公室将继续对任何通过允许儿童访问色情内容来伤害他们的网站采取行动。”

This writ demonstrates that Texas has the legal authority and the proven tools to reach beyond its borders and hold foreign operators accountable. The Office of the Attorney General will continue to use every available legal mechanism, including writs of attachment against domain names, to enforce Texas law and ensure that no company, regardless of where it is incorporated, can profit from exposing Texas children to harmful content. 该令状表明，德克萨斯州拥有法律权威和成熟的工具，能够跨越边界追究外国运营商的责任。总检察长办公室将继续利用一切可用的法律机制，包括针对域名的扣押令，以执行德克萨斯州法律，并确保没有任何公司（无论其注册地在哪里）能够通过将德克萨斯州儿童暴露在有害内容中而获利。