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Feb 14, 2023 · Seven states push to require ID for watching porn online. Opponents say laws preventing underage porn access are vague, pose privacy risks.
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Jan 29, 2024 · Age verification laws are the “latest strategy in a long battle” against pornography, experts say. Here’s what they do in states that have enacted them. Jasmine Mithani. Data Visuals Reporter. Published. January 29, 2024, 3:00 a.m. PT. Updated. May 1, 2024, 11:59 a.m. PT.
The Communications Decency Act, a federal law passed in 1996 regulating pornography on the internet, protects websites and service providers from liability for content posted by users that they are not co-creators of.
StateSourceAlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasJul 26, 2023 · State laws directing Pornhub and other adult sites to ensure their users are at least 18 years old have triggered a thorny policy debate over whether the use of age verification is feasible to shield children from a broad array of sexual content available online.
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- Are American lawmakers censoring the internet? Censoring the internet under the false flag of ‘protecting children’ is nothing new. FOSTA-SESTA claimed it would end child sex trafficking in 2018.
- Age Verification Laws. Louisiana led the way in 2022 with a law requiring any commercial website featuring a "substantial" amount of content "harmful to minors" to require age verification for IP addresses in the state.
- Mandatory Device Filters. Utah pioneered another strategy to keep their adult citizens — not just children — from accessing pornographic content: parental controls for everyone.
- Fair Access to Banking Act. There is some hope in the war against porn though. The Fair Access to Banking Act may actually help the adult industry. Not the only one of its kind, the Fair Access to Banking Act requires that banks make judgements based on individual risk metrics of the applicant, rather than political or ideological reasons.
Jan 5, 2023 · As of Jan. 1, 2023, people in Louisiana will need to present proof of their age, such as a government-issued ID, to visit and view pornographic websites like Pornhub, YouPorn and Redtube. The...
Feb 20, 2022 · Then, in March 2021, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed a measure requiring tablets and smartphones sold in the state to automatically enable filters blocking pornography and other “material that...
