State legislatures are attempting to shove AV bills through as quickly as possible and the past month has been extremely busy at FSC. Three Bills Have Passed Indiana, Idaho, and Florida passed laws mandating age verification in the last 30 days. We are currently evaluating our legal options in those states. Check our AV Mandate…
The Free Speech Coalition submitted a letter to the members of the Tennessee House Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee today ahead of a scheduled hearing on Wednesday, March 27. FSC shared its concerns regarding HB 1614, a bill that requires websites containing a “substantial portion” of content deemed “harmful to minors” to implement dangerous age…
The first two months of the 2024 state legislative sessions have been action-packed. So far, 26 states have introduced 46 bills that FSC has been tracking and responding to. Resource limitations mean we have to triage our response based on priority, which is determined by the population of the state and our calculation of the…
Over the past few weeks, bills in Arizona, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, South Carolina and other states have been considered in committee — and FSC has been there to fight back. We’ve been busy contacting legislators, testifying at hearings, mobilizing supporters, and offering legislators alternatives that will actually keep minors from accessing adult…
On Wednesday, February 7 at 2pm CT (noon PT), a committee of the Illinois legislature will be considering HB 4247, a copycat age verification bill. If you live in Illinois, here’s how to make your voice heard: Send An Email Simply fill out this form to tell your representatives that you oppose HB 4247 (and…
Age Verification Most state legislatures are either out of session or in recess right now, but many have already started gearing up for 2024. As of today, there are 11 age verification mandates on deck for the new year, including three more states where legislators announced or pre-filed bills in the last month and the…
NEW: Age Verification Lawsuit Tracker Lawsuits are complicated and can be difficult to keep track of. That’s why we created a new resource to track our cases in progress. For each lawsuit (there are three so far), it lists the most recent update, what we’re expecting next, and the history of major developments in the…
After a relatively sleepy August, the onslaught of age verification bills being pushed by a right-wing hate group started right back up with three new states introducing legislation in September. State House members in Delaware and Michigan introduced slight variations on the law originally passed in Louisiana last year. One difference of note is that…
On Monday July 31, 2023, Arkansas’ law requiring age verification for sites hosting adult content will take effect.
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…