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Wyoming and South Dakota Age Verification Laws Could Include Huge Parts of the Internet
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Wyoming and South Dakota Age Verification Laws Could Include Huge Parts of the Internet

By omitting the "one-third" provision that most other states with age verification laws have adopted, Wyoming and South Dakota are placing the burden of verifying users' ages on all sorts of websites, far beyond porn.
Florida Sues Huge Porn Sites Including XVideos and Bang Bros Over Age Verification Law
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Florida Sues Huge Porn Sites Including XVideos and Bang Bros Over Age Verification Law

The lawsuit alleges XVideos, Bang Bros, XNXX, Girls Gone Wild and TrafficFactory are in violation of Florida's law that requires adult platforms to verify visitors are over 18.
Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content
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Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content

Submit to biometric face scanning or risk your account being deleted, Spotify says, following the enactment of the UK's Online Safety Act.
Kansas Mom Sues Porn Sites Because Her Son Visited Chaturbate 30 Times
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Kansas Mom Sues Porn Sites Because Her Son Visited Chaturbate 30 Times

The 14 year old's mother left an old laptop in a closet and now alleges it's adult sites' problem that he watched porn.
Texans Might Soon Have to Show Photo ID to Buy a Dildo Online
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Texans Might Soon Have to Show Photo ID to Buy a Dildo Online

A new bill introduced by Angela Paxton, wife of Texas AG Ken Paxton, would impose privacy-invading age verification requirements on online sex toy retailers.
Senator Tries Bringing Anti-Porn Age Verification Law to New York
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Senator Tries Bringing Anti-Porn Age Verification Law to New York

“The internet is a dangerous place for children, rife with sexual material that is harmful to minors," the Republican lawmakers wrote. "The ease of access to this material is downright scary."
Pornhub Is Now Blocked In Almost All of the U.S. South
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Pornhub Is Now Blocked In Almost All of the U.S. South

As of today, three more states join the list of 17 that can't access Pornhub because of age verification laws.
Chaturbate Will Pay Texas $675,000 for Violating New Porn Age Verification Law
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Chaturbate Will Pay Texas $675,000 for Violating New Porn Age Verification Law

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the popular porn webcam site in March.
Arizona Governor Strikes Down Age Verification Bill, Says It Violates First Amendment
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Arizona Governor Strikes Down Age Verification Bill, Says It Violates First Amendment

“While we look for a solution, it should be bipartisan and work within the bounds of the First Amendment, which this bill does not," Arizona governor Katie Hobbs wrote.
Kansas Is About to Pass the Most Extreme Age Verification Law Yet
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Kansas Is About to Pass the Most Extreme Age Verification Law Yet

The bill would make sites with more than 25 percent adult content liable to fines, and lumps homosexuality into "sexual conduct."
Age Verification Laws Drag Us Back to the Dark Ages of the Internet
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Age Verification Laws Drag Us Back to the Dark Ages of the Internet

Invasive and ineffective age verification laws that require users show government-issued ID, like a driver's license or passport, are passing like wildfire across the U.S.
Texas Sues Pornhub, Claiming It’s Ignoring Age Verification Law
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Texas Sues Pornhub, Claiming It’s Ignoring Age Verification Law

Attorney General Ken Paxton said he "looks forward" to preventing minors from seeing "harmful, obscene material" on the internet.