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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.
An age restriction warning sign and the logos of the pornographic sites Pornhub and Xhamster, pictured in Toulouse, France, on 24 May, 2022 (Getty Images)
An age verification system, also known as an age gate, is any technical system that externally verifies a person's age.These systems are used primarily to restrict access to content classified, either voluntarily or by local laws, as being inappropriate for users under a specific age, such as alcohol, tobacco, gambling, video games with objectionable content, pornography, or to remain in ...
Michael R. Dimino, a professor at Widener University Commonwealth Law School, said age verification requirements can impose “quite a restriction” on adults’ ability to access material.
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 ...
The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) is an American nonprofit organization that fights Internet child pornography [1] and works to help parents prevent children from viewing age-inappropriate material online. [2] Most of ASACP's funding comes from sponsoring companies in the online adult entertainment industry.
Pornhub and other affiliated adult websites have blocked access to users in Texas, amid a legal battle with the Lone Star State’s attorney general over an age-verification law. Last week, a ...
According to the government, all websites containing pornography, nudity or depictions of sex are blocked and the government has been blocking such sites since early 2009. Under the law, persons who possess, own, import, export, sell or exhibit pornography to the public are subject to arrest and trial and can face up to six months' imprisonment ...