The last two weeks have been fairly quiet on the legislative front. A few notable developments: Non-consensual deepfake bans have started to emerge in a number of state legislatures, an unsurprising development given the recent explosion in generative AI technologies. In early June, the FBI released a public service announcement about sexually explicit deepfakes being…
On Saturday July 1, 2023, Mississippi and Virginia’s laws requiring age verification for sites hosting adult content will take effect.
Age Verification Texas’ governor signed HB 1181, an age verification mandate that requires sites to display false anti-porn propaganda on their websites. It will take effect on September 1, 2023. Louisiana’s governor signed HB 77, which will allow that state’s attorney general to enforce their age verification mandate (in addition to private lawsuits). It will take effect on August 1,…
More state legislatures ended their 2023 sessions in the past 2 weeks, giving us a final resolution on several of the bills we’ve been tracking this year. Age Verification Last week, FSC filed for a preliminary injunction to block Utah’s age verification law from being enforced while our case is pending. Texas passed HB 1181,…
FSC filed a lawsuit in federal court on May 3 challenging Utah’s unconstitutional age verification mandate. Last week, we returned to Washington D.C. to continue the fight against the banking discrimination faced by businesses and individuals in the adult industry.
Once again, the terrible, no good, very bad EARN IT Act has been reintroduced in Congress. Several AVS bills moved forward, but both of Florida’s failed.
On Wednesday May 3, Utah will become the second state to require age verification for sites hosting adult content. Sites that do not age-verify users as prescribed by the law will be liable for civil suits should a minor access — and be harmed by — content on the site. Unfortunately, the Utah legislation does…
The last two weeks have been busy on the age verification front! Arizona SB 1503 Arizona’s age-verification bill is killed — or at least undead — after arguments made by FSC regarding constitutionality and privacy and the availability of device level filters helped sway legislators! The AZ House rejected the bill in a 31-26 vote…
Several bills moved forward, but there was some good news on the AVS front. Plus, Maine introduced a new banking fairness bill last week.
We’ve now reached 29 age verification bills either passed or pending in legislatures around the country. With Pennsylvania’s introduction of HB 334, there have been 8 banking fairness bills introduced so far this year.