❌ Oklahoma Porn Ban
Makes creating or distributing visual depictions of sexual activity a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in prison and $2,000 in fines.
Bills introduced in the current session of the legislature.
Makes creating or distributing visual depictions of sexual activity a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in prison and $2,000 in fines.
The Child Online Safety Modernization Act replaces the term “child pornography” with the more accurate “child sexual abuse material” in US federal law; updates the rules requiring CSAM to be reported to The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC); and requires platforms to report apparent child sex trafficking and enticement to NCMEC.
This bill creates a “Human Trafficking Prevention and Sex Worker Project”, which aims to prevent and eliminate human trafficking while supporting the health, safety, and autonomy of sex workers. Additionally, it establishes an interagency committee to study the decriminalization of sex work, and it allows individuals reporting crimes to be protected from certain charges related to sex work offenses.
To repeal statutes that criminalize sex work between consenting adults, but keep laws relating to minors or trafficking, and to provide for criminal record relief for people convicted of crimes repealed under this bill.
Declares all former convictions for loitering with the intent to commit prostitution and for prostitution with a prior conviction by a person who knew they had acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) legally invalid based on constitutional error.
Requires advertisements to disclose the use of synthetic media; imposes a $1,000 civil penalty for a first violation and a $5,000 penalty for any subsequent violation.
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is a well-intentioned bill that attempts to address a serious issue – the exposure of children to harmful material online – in a way that dangerously violates the First Amendment right to free expression.