A new age verification requirement for websites that publish material considered harmful to minors has received final legislative approval in North Carolina.
Similar age verification requirements passed by other state legislatures have had varied success in court.requiring age verification and health warnings to view pornographic websites earlier this month and blocked the state attorney general’s office from enforcing it. The judge agreed with claims that the law violated free speech rights and was overbroad and vague.
In Utah, a state law requiring adult websites to verify the age of their users remains in effect after a federal judge in Augustfrom an industry group challenging its constitutionality. The judge said noted the law doesn’t direct the state to pursue or prosecute adult websites and instead gives Utah residents the power to sue them and collect damages.
Sen. Amy Galey, an Alamance County Republican who introduced the North Carolina proposal, said age verification is an important tool that the state should be using to protect children. “Moms and dads across the state of North Carolina are striving to protect their children from online predators in a number of different ways by monitoring their child’s use, by putting parental controls on their electronics,” Galey said during floor debate Thursday. “This will give them another important way where they can work to keep their children safe.”
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