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Age verification substantially increased in 2023-2024, with the passage of the Online Safety Act 2023 in the UK, a law in France, [2] laws in eight U.S. states including Texas and Utah, [3] and proposals at the federal level in the US, Canada, [4] Denmark, [5] and the EU.
The Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act (French: Loi sur la protection des jeunes contre l’exposition à la pornographie), commonly known as Bill S-210, and formerly as Bill S-203, [10] is a Senate public bill introduced by Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne in the 44th Canadian Parliament.
Age verification laws have passed in 19 states since 2023, in hopes of protecting minors from adult content. But critics argue these laws actually undermine the rights of adults who visit these sites.
Young Communist League of Canada; ... French petitions against age-of-consent laws; ... and implement ID-based age verification systems. ...
A new AI-powered web tool seems tailor-made to help teens get around age-verification laws online—and showcases the futility of trying to set a minimum age for social media use.
Ultimately, age verification laws are a misguided attempt to address the complex issue of underage social media use. Instead of placing undue burdens on users and limiting parental liberty ...
Pornography rated X18 is permitted by the law only if sold to persons over the age of 18 in registered stores. It is an offense to host a pornographic web site in South Africa because of the difficulty of age-verification and the requirement that pornography only be distributed from designated, licensed physical premises.
Status of Social Media Age Verification laws in the United States. In 2022 California passed The California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act or AB 2273 which requires websites that are likely to be used by minors to estimate visitors ages to give them some amount of privacy control and on March 23, 2023, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed SB 152 and HB 311 collective known as the Utah Social ...