Texas used a court order to cut off a porn site’s domain after saying the company ignored Texas age-check rules and a prior judgment.
Quick Take
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the state sued Kick Online Entertainment in April 2024 over motherless.com.
- The attorney general said the company then faced a default judgment and permanent injunction after it did not comply.
- A Texas court later directed Verisign to place the domain on lock, hold, or a similar status.
- The order says Kick can seek the domain back only by posting a $9.14 million bond and meeting Texas law.
How Texas Escalated the Case
Texas framed the move as an enforcement step, not just a fine. In its release, the Office of the Attorney General said Kick Online Entertainment owned motherless.com and failed to take steps required by Texas’s age-verification law. The office said it sued in April 2024, won a default judgment, and then obtained a permanent injunction. That sequence matters because it shows Texas was not acting on a one-time complaint.
The state also said the company did not respond in a way that changed the legal result. According to the same release, the court order was meant to force compliance and protect minors from harmful sexual material. The order, as summarized in reporting, directed the domain registry Verisign to lock the site’s.com address. That is a stronger remedy than a normal civil penalty because it hits the site’s ability to function online.
Why the Domain Lock Stands Out
Domain locks are rare tools in public debate because they reach beyond a fine or an injunction. Here, Texas said the court order would stop the site from operating under the motherless.com name unless Kick posts a $9.14 million bond and satisfies the earlier penalties. That shows how far the state is willing to go when it says an out-of-state or foreign operator has ignored Texas law.
The case fits a larger pattern in which states try to force adult-content platforms to add age checks or face tougher enforcement. Texas has already brought other cases under its age-verification law, so this action looks like part of a broader campaign rather than a one-off dispute. For readers on both the right and the left, the larger issue is familiar: government says it is protecting children, but the fight also raises questions about power, reach, and who gets to police the internet.
What Is Known, and What Is Not
The public record in this package strongly supports Texas’s account of the lawsuit, default judgment, injunction, and domain lock. It also supports the claim that the site was treated as a pornographic platform subject to Texas’s age-verification law. What this package does not include is a direct response from Kick Online Entertainment, so readers only have the attorney general’s side of the dispute.
That gap matters because the remedy is severe. A domain lock can affect users, advertisers, and the company’s access to the market, not just its legal bills. The case also lands in a noisy media space, where separate reporting about Motherless has linked the site to broader abuse allegations overseas. Those reports are not the same as Texas’s age-check case, but they can shape public reaction before the court file gets close review.
Sources:
reclaimthenet.org, texasattorneygeneral.gov, linkedin.com, facebook.com, cnn.com, oem.com.mx
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