Today, we asked Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin to veto SB 1515, a copycat of Louisiana’s age verification mandate. Virginia’s bill is one of 29 age verification mandates passed or proposed in the United States so far that would require websites with at least 33.33% of content considered “harmful to minors” to comply with a vague…
Age Verification Bills The biggest news since our last update is that Florida introduced HB 472, a Louisiana copycat bill. If you live or work in Florida, click the banner below to take action! FSC also submitted a position letter to the California Assembly’s Judiciary Committee and Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee detailing why AB…
This week, a Florida state senator introduced a bill identical to the Louisiana age verification law. It’s a veritable grab bag of regressive, unconstitutional policies designed to harm the adult entertainment industry. Most notably, it includes language that copies Louisiana’s age verification mandate that requires visitors to websites containing over 33.33% “material harmful to minors”…
Bills introduced or updated since February 12, 2023 Age Verification Bills Banking Fairness Bills
Between meetings with Congressional offices, multiple trade shows and a flood of antiporn bills being introduced in the US, it’s been a busy start to the year. Here’s a few of the things we’ve been working on. The Rapid Advance of AVS Since Louisiana’s age-verification law went into effect on January 1, nearly 20 AVS…
In the wake of Louisiana’s new law mandating the use of age verification (AV) on adult content websites, a flurry of copycat legislation has been introduced by well-meaning but poorly-informed politicians who don’t understand the real-world impacts of the laws they are proposing. The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) whole-heartedly supports the goal of protecting young…
Since January 1, 2023 when Louisiana’s age verification law went into effect, over a dozen states have now introduced AVS measures. We’ve created an Age Verification Bill Tracker because some of these bills are moving quite quickly. The good news: It should go without saying that if you or anyone you know is served with…
Following our successful lobbying trip to Washington D.C. last week, we’ve received overwhelming interest from industry members in participating in upcoming lobbying opportunities. FSC is planning another trip to the nation’s capital in the spring, as well as virtual meetings with legislators and their staff in the coming months, so we’re inviting FSC members who…
On December 8, FSC was able to secure meetings with key House and Senate offices to begin discussions about banking fairness for the adult industry.
Over the past several years, our industry has aggressively battled European regulators over mandatory age-verification protocols, which many have argued lack privacy safeguards for visitors and unfairly burden businesses. During the battle over the 2019 Digital Economy Act, adult sites were almost uniformly opposed — and helped kill the bill.
So it was notable this summer when OnlyFans broke with the industry to publicly endorse the UK’s controversial Online Safety Bill, which requires mandatory age-verification of visitors to adult and social media sites. OnlyFans already requires visitors to submit IDs and submit to biometric age-verification and says it hopes the bill will force rivals to do the same.