Arkansas Legislature passes social media age verification bill over privacy, speech concerns - Arkansas Advocate
Social media platforms, like Facebook and Twitter, must start verifying the ages of Arkansans creating accounts later this year.
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Porn sites would have to verify users are over 18 under federal online safety plans
Porn sites would have to verify users are over 18 under federal online safety plans
Ottawa is planning to introduce an online safety bill later this year and it is expected the bill will impose a duty of care on platforms to protect children from harm
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Australia’s Top Censor Submits Secret ‘Road Map’ on Age Verification
Australia’s Top Censor Submits Secret ‘Road Map’ on Age Verification
Top censor and eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, who has acknowledged having conversations with U.S.-based, religiously-inspired anti-porn lobby NCOSE, submitted to the Australian government on Friday a road map to implement age verification for “online pornographic sites.”
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Why age-verification bills for porn sites won’t work
Why age-verification bills for porn sites won’t work
And how to actually protect children online.
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Michael McGrady: Utah’s new social media laws are extremely dangerous
Michael McGrady: Utah’s new social media laws are extremely dangerous
Michael McGrady writes that Utah’s new social media laws are extremely dangerous
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Financial Discrimination and the Adult Industry Report
Financial Discrimination and the Adult Industry Report — Free Speech Coalition
Access to banking services is a basic necessity in our society and adult industry members experience financial discrimination at alarming rates. The upshot is that already stigmatized and marginalized workers and businesses lose control of their own finances, subjecting them to extreme risk of explo…
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They Posted Porn on Twitter. German Authorities Called the Cops
They Posted Porn on Twitter. German Authorities Called the Cops
Regulators are using an AI system to scan websites and messaging apps to find pornography. Creators face fines and potential prison sentences.
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The Dirty Secret Behind Porn Filtering Laws? Content Filtering Doesn’t Work
The Dirty Secret Behind Porn Filtering Laws? Content Filtering Doesn’t Work.
A couple of years ago, Utah became the first state in the union to mandate that content filters be enabled on all mobile devices sold by manufacturers like Samsung, Apple, Lenovo, or TCL. The measu…
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Age Verification Laws Threaten Online Anonymity and Data Privacy
Age Verification Laws Threaten Online Anonymity and Data Privacy – DC Journal - InsideSources
Earlier this year, Louisiana became the first U.S. state to implement a state law requiring government identification to access a pornographic website
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Utah’s New Law Restricting Social Media Use for Minors Isn’t Clear on Enforcement
Utah’s Passes Laws Restricting Social Media Use for Minors
The bills, SB152 and HB311, face backlash from opponents over concerns that it violates teens’ privacy and freedom of speech
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