Porn industry group sues over Utah age verification law
1 year, 8 months ago

Porn industry group sues over Utah age verification law

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — An adult entertainment industry group filed a lawsuit on Wednesday challenging a new Utah law that requires porn websites to implement age verification mechanisms to block minors from accessing sexually explicit materials. The Free Speech Coalition — along with an erotica author and companies that manage adult websites and are party to the suit — argues that Utah’s new law unfairly discriminates against certain kinds of speech, violates the First Amendment rights of porn providers and intrudes on the privacy of individuals who want to view sexually explicit materials. They contend that the age verification law “imposes a content-based restriction on protected speech that requires narrow tailoring to serve a compelling state interest.” It is currently illegal to show children pornography under federal law, however that law is rarely enforced. The age verification law is facing strong pushback, including from one of the biggest porn sites, Pornhub, which disabled access to its site in Utah earlier this week.

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Judge largely blocks Tennessee’s porn site age verification law as other states enforce theirs
3 days, 2 hours ago

Judge largely blocks Tennessee’s porn site age verification law as other states enforce theirs

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee law requiring pornographic websites to verify their visitors’ age was largely blocked in court before it was to take effect Jan. 1, even as similar laws kicked in for Florida and South Carolina and remained in effect for more than a dozen other states. On Dec. 30, U.S. District Judge Sheryl Lipman in Memphis ruled …

Pornhub ban now covers more than a third of US states
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5 days, 16 hours ago

Pornhub ban now covers more than a third of US states

The Independent  

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Pornhub ban now covers more than a third of US states
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6 days, 21 hours ago

Pornhub ban now covers more than a third of US states

The Independent  

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Pornhub ban now covers more than a third of US states
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1 week ago

Pornhub ban now covers more than a third of US states

The Independent  

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Why Nebraskans can no longer use Pornhub
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Nebraskans can no longer use Pornhub

Raw Story  

LINCOLN — Nebraskans might need a new source for online smut, as Pornhub and its affiliates went dark Monday, a decision the website’s parent company promised after passage of a new state law. “I haven’t personally seen it, but from what I hear it’s not good for anyone.” Data risks real, critics say Critics of the law, including some who …

The Supreme Court will hear an appeal to upend Texas’ age verification law for porn websites
6 months, 1 week ago

The Supreme Court will hear an appeal to upend Texas’ age verification law for porn websites

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear an appeal from the adult entertainment industry seeking to upend a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to verify the age of their users. In April, the high court turned aside an emergency appeal asking to put the age verification on hold while the legal fight continues. Last year, a …

Pornhub BANS five more states due to age verification laws - leaving more than 18 million Americans blocked from the X-rated site
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Pornhub BANS five more states due to age verification laws - leaving more than 18 million Americans blocked from the X-rated site

Daily Mail  

More than 18 million Americans living in five states are set to join Pornhub's growing banned list due to lawmakers rolling out age restriction laws. More than 18 million Americans living in five states are set to join Pornhub's growing banned list due to lawmakers rolling out age restriction laws 'Since age verification software requires users to hand over extremely …

Here's why Pornhub plans to ban users in Nebraska — and 11 other states
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Here's why Pornhub plans to ban users in Nebraska — and 11 other states

Raw Story  

LINCOLN — Pornhub, one of the busiest websites for sexually explicit videos, is less than a month from going dark in Nebraska. Aylo, Pornhub’s parent company, confirmed to the Examiner on Tuesday that it plans to block access to its websites in Nebraska when the new law takes effect. “Aylo has publicly supported age verification of users for years, but …

Adult entertainment industry sues again over law requiring pornographic sites to verify users’ ages
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Adult entertainment industry sues again over law requiring pornographic sites to verify users’ ages

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana law that requires pornographic websites to verify users’ ages — one of numerous such statutes in effect across the country — is being challenged by an association of the adult entertainment industry. In April, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request by the same group, the Free Speech Coalition, to block a similar law in Texas. …

Trial age verification to block children from social media, Coalition argues
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Trial age verification to block children from social media, Coalition argues

ABC  

In short: The Coalition wants trials of age verification technology that would lock children out of social media platforms. The Coalition wants trials of age verification technology that would lock children out of social media platforms. The federal opposition is urging the government to trial age verification on social media, wanting to block young Australian children from accessing platforms and …

Kansas moves to join Texas and other states in requiring porn sites to verify people’s ages
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Kansas moves to join Texas and other states in requiring porn sites to verify people’s ages

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas is poised to require pornography websites to verify visitors are adults, a move that would follow Texas and a handful of other states despite concerns about privacy and how broadly the law could be applied. The Kansas bill would make it a violation of state consumer protection laws for a website to fail to verify that …

Utah governor replaces social media laws for youth as state faces lawsuits
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Utah governor replaces social media laws for youth as state faces lawsuits

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s governor has approved an overhaul of social media laws meant to protect children as the state fends off multiple lawsuits challenging their constitutionality. The new laws require social media companies to verify the ages of their users and disable certain features on accounts owned by Utah youths. Several months after Utah became the first state …

Utah Legislature to revise social media limits for youth as it navigates multiple lawsuits
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Utah Legislature to revise social media limits for youth as it navigates multiple lawsuits

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s Republican legislative leaders took aim at social media companies on the opening day of the state’s 2024 legislative session, pledging to reinforce laws they passed last year to require parental permission for kids to access social media apps. The laws also set a statewide social media curfew, prohibiting minors from using the apps between 10:30 …

Judge tosses challenge to Louisiana’s age verification law aimed at porn websites
1 year, 3 months ago

Judge tosses challenge to Louisiana’s age verification law aimed at porn websites

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — An adult entertainment group’s lawsuit against a Louisiana law requiring sexually explicit websites to verify the ages of their viewers was dismissed Wednesday by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan in New Orleans ruled that the state officials named in the lawsuit — state public safety secretary James LeBlanc, Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne and …

North Carolina legislature cracks down on pornography sites with new age verification requirements
1 year, 3 months ago

North Carolina legislature cracks down on pornography sites with new age verification requirements

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s legislature has passed a bill requiring age verification on websites that publish material considered harmful to minors as lawmakers worked long hours this week to approve a state budget and other proposals. A federal judge struck down a Texas law requiring age verification and health warnings to view pornographic websites earlier this month and blocked …

A federal judge strikes down a Texas law requiring age verification to view pornographic websites
1 year, 4 months ago

A federal judge strikes down a Texas law requiring age verification to view pornographic websites

Associated Press  

A federal judge has struck down a Texas law requiring age verification and health warnings to view pornographic websites and blocked the state attorney general’s office from enforcing it. “By verifying information through government identification, the law will allow the government to peer into the most intimate and personal aspects of people’s lives.” Ezra said Texas has a legitimate goal …

Texas’ law for asking ID to consume porn is unconstitutional, rules US Federal court
1 year, 4 months ago

Texas’ law for asking ID to consume porn is unconstitutional, rules US Federal court

Firstpost  

A US Federal court has ruled that Texas’ law that asked users for an ID to verify their age to watch porn is unconstitutional. One of the biggest issues with the law, the judge found was that it clubbed adult entertainment sites with educational ones A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking a Texas law that sought to …

Utah law requiring age verification for porn sites remains in effect after judge tosses lawsuit
1 year, 5 months ago

Utah law requiring age verification for porn sites remains in effect after judge tosses lawsuit

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah law requiring adult websites to verify the age of their users will remain in effect after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from an industry group challenging its constitutionality. Dismissing their lawsuit on Tuesday, he instead said they couldn’t sue Utah officials because of how the law calls for age verification to be enforced. …

Adult entertainment group sues Louisiana over age-verification law for porn
1 year, 6 months ago

Adult entertainment group sues Louisiana over age-verification law for porn

Associated Press  

— An adult entertainment group and others in the industry have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Louisiana laws requiring sexually explicit websites to make users electronically verify that they are at least 18 years old. The suit filed late Tuesday in federal court in New Orleans challenges laws passed in 2022 and this year that subject such websites to damage …

Adult filmmakers ask judge to delay Utah law requiring porn sites verify user ages
1 year, 7 months ago

Adult filmmakers ask judge to delay Utah law requiring porn sites verify user ages

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — Attorneys representing adult entertainers, erotica authors and sex educators on Wednesday asked a judge to put on hold a Utah law requiring porn and other adult websites verify user ages. The Free Speech Coalition and its co-plaintiffs argued the new state law violates their clients’ First Amendment rights and intrudes on the privacy of individuals who …

A U.S. state law makes it mandatory for adult websites to verify user age
1 year, 8 months ago

A U.S. state law makes it mandatory for adult websites to verify user age

The Hindu  

The U.S. state of Utah has passed a law that would require adult websites to ensure their users are aged 18 and above, via a digital ID. The Online Pornography Viewing Age Requirements bill was signed in March, placing greater responsibility on adult websites such as Pornhub to make sure that their users are aged 18 and above in Utah. …

Utah law requiring porn sites verify user ages takes effect
1 year, 8 months ago

Utah law requiring porn sites verify user ages takes effect

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — You may soon be required to prove you’re older than 18 to watch porn in Utah, if adult websites comply with a law that took effect Wednesday. Dr. Eleanor Gaetan of the anti-porn National Center on Sexual Exploitation said filters and age verification were “complementary efforts” to limit kids’ access to pornography. “These kids can’t unsee …

Bill advances to fine porn sites not verifying age of users
1 year, 8 months ago

Bill advances to fine porn sites not verifying age of users

Associated Press  

— Pornography websites that don’t require their users in Louisiana to present proof of age, such as by uploading their license, could face fines of $5,000 a day under a bill advancing in the House. The legislation would allow the state’s Attorney General to investigate and fine pornographic websites that do not comply with the state’s recently enacted age verification …

Utah social media law is ambitious, but is it enforceable?
1 year, 9 months ago

Utah social media law is ambitious, but is it enforceable?

Associated Press  

Utah’s sweeping social media legislation passed this week is an ambitious attempt to shield children and teens from the ill effects of social media and empower parents to decide whether their kids should be using apps like TikTok or Instagram. For instance, allowing parents to read their kids’ private messages may be harmful to some children, and age verification requirements …

Utah social media law means kids need approval from parents
1 year, 9 months ago

Utah social media law means kids need approval from parents

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — Children and teens in Utah would lose access to social media apps such as TikTok if they don’t have parental consent and face other restrictions under a first-in-the-nation law designed to shield young people from the addictive platforms. To comply, social media companies already ban kids under 13 from signing up to their platforms — but …

Kids in this US state now require parents' consent to use social media
1 year, 9 months ago

Kids in this US state now require parents' consent to use social media

Hindustan Times  

Utah on Thursday became the first US state to require social media sites to get parental consent for accounts used by under-18s, placing the burden on platforms like Instagram and TikTok to verify the age of their users. The bills also require social media firms to grant parents full access to their children's accounts. "We're no longer willing to let …

Utah becomes first US state to require parental consent for social media
1 year, 9 months ago

Utah becomes first US state to require parental consent for social media

Firstpost  

Utah: Utah on Thursday became the first US state to require social media sites to get parental consent for accounts used by under-18s, placing the burden on platforms like Instagram and TikTok to verify the age of their users. “We’re no longer willing to let social media companies continue to harm the mental health of our youth,” tweeted Spencer Cox, …

Privacy is a joke: More US states push to require govt-issued ID for watching online porn
1 year, 10 months ago

Privacy is a joke: More US states push to require govt-issued ID for watching online porn

Firstpost  

Following Louisiana, 7 other US states want people to show their govt-issued IDs if they want to watch porn online. The United States of America is going through a similar situation, with more and more states pushing to require government issues IDs for watching online porn. Republican State Senator of Arkansas, Tyler Dees stated, “My aim is that we safeguard …

Submit govt-issued ID to watch Porn: Louisiana law to combat child pornography has flaws
2 years ago

Submit govt-issued ID to watch Porn: Louisiana law to combat child pornography has flaws

Firstpost  

A new Louisiana law mandates users to submit govt-issued IDs to access porn on the internet. The state of Louisiana has enacted a new law that would require all users who want to consume porn over the internet, to verify their age by submitting government-issued such as a driving licence, etc. As a result one of the most popular pornographic …

Porn sites will finally be forced to block children by demanding proof of age
2 years, 11 months ago

Porn sites will finally be forced to block children by demanding proof of age

Daily Mail  

Websites that publish porn will be finally legally required to verify the age of their users under new online safety rules. As part of a strengthening of the proposed Online Safety Bill, digital minister Chris Philp has said affected sites will need to put ‘robust checks’ in place to ensure users are 18 or over. The Government said the onus …

Utah governor signs divisive measure to require porn filters
3 years, 9 months ago

Utah governor signs divisive measure to require porn filters

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is a step closer to requiring all cellphones and tablets sold in the conservative state to automatically block pornography after the Republican governor signed legislation Tuesday that critics call a significant intrusion of free speech. Rep. Susan Pulsipher, the bill’s sponsor, said she was “grateful” the governor signed the legislation, which she hopes will help …

Pornography labeling bill in Utah sparks lawsuit warning
4 years, 9 months ago

Pornography labeling bill in Utah sparks lawsuit warning

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — Pornography in Utah would have to come with a warning label under a bill passed by the Legislature that has sparked concerns about a potential lawsuit. It would mandate a one-sentence warning label about potential harm to minors for online or print material deemed legally obscene. The label would have to be on any obscene porn …

New porn laws including fines introduced in Utah – as state relaxes polygamy rules
4 years, 10 months ago

New porn laws including fines introduced in Utah – as state relaxes polygamy rules

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Separate proposals moving through Utah’s state legislature are toughening up …

Utah lawmakers get tough on porn, ease up on polygamy
4 years, 10 months ago

Utah lawmakers get tough on porn, ease up on polygamy

Daily Mail  

Utah lawmakers voted Tuesday to put new regulations on pornography and remove some on polygamy in separate proposals moving quickly through the Legislature in the deeply conservative state. Utah lawmakers voted Tuesday to put new regulations on pornography and remove some on polygamy in separate proposals moving quickly through the Legislature in the deeply conservative state An hour later, House …

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