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New porn ban law to come into force across US state – viewers will be asked a question if they try to access
The U.S. Sun has revealed where similar laws are in place
A NEW law aimed at banning children from accessing X-rated content is set to come into force.
Those thinking about viewing adult content will be asked a question.
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Major companies such as Pornhub will have to bring in a series of age verification measures under the new bill, as reported by the radio station .
Or, they could cut off services entirely.
Firms are banned from storing data and companies that refuse to comply will be slapped with hefty penalties.
Adult content websites could be hit with penalties as high as $250,000.
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Websites could be slapped with fines of $10,000 per each offense,
Users can use digital identity methods to prove their age under the terms of the bill.
The bill was signed into law by Arizona governor Katie Hobbs on Tuesday.
And, there had been efforts by state lawmakers to ensure children are being protected on the internet.
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“We haven't been on the ball enough to protect them from the dangers of pornography,” Nick Kupper, a local lawmaker, said.
“When it comes to protecting, we have to protect children.
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“You know, children are our most vulnerable population; our most precious population.”
Hobbs signed the bill into law just days after it was passed by politicians.
In 2024, she vetoed a bill because she believed it conflicted with another law.
Arizona joins a growing list of states that have or are about to bring in restrictions when it comes to adult content.
We haven't been on the ball enough to protect them from the dangers of pornography
Nick Kupper
Aylo statement on age verification
AYLO, the owner of the platform Pornhub, has issued a statement in light of the bill in Arizona being signed into law.
"First, to be clear, Aylo has publicly supported age verification of users for years, but we believe that any law to this effect must preserve user safety and privacy, and must effectively protect children from accessing content intended for adults," a spokesperson told The U.S. Sun.
"Unfortunately, the way many jurisdictions worldwide have chosen to implement age verification is ineffective, haphazard, and dangerous.
"Any regulations that require hundreds of thousands of adult sites to collect significant amounts of highly sensitive personal information is putting user safety in jeopardy.
"Moreover, as experience has demonstrated, unless properly enforced, users will simply access non-compliant sites or find other methods of evading these laws.
"This is not speculation. We have seen how this scenario plays out in the United States.
"In Louisiana, Pornhub was one of the few sites to comply with the new law.
"Since then, our traffic in Louisiana dropped approximately 80 percent. These people did not stop looking for porn.
"They just migrated to darker corners of the internet that don't ask users to verify age, that don't follow the law, that don't take user safety seriously, and that often don't even moderate content.
"In practice, the laws have just made the internet more dangerous for adults and children."
The spokesperson revealed what they think is a more appropriate solution.
"The best solution to make the internet safer, preserve user privacy, and prevent children from accessing adult content is performing age verification at the source: on the device," the statement continued.
"The technology to accomplish this exists today. What is required is the political and social will to make it happen.
"We are eager to be part of this solution and are happy to collaborate with government, civil society and tech partners to arrive at an effective device-based age verification solution.
"In addition, many devices already offer free and easy-to-use parental control features that can prevent children from accessing adult content without risking the disclosure of sensitive user data."
In January, a law came into effect across Florida that forces Americans who want to watch explicit material to prove their age.
Pornhub chiefs decided to shut off its website to Floridians in light of the law coming into force.
Bosses didn’t think providing ID wasn’t the most effective way to protect users.
The X-rated platform is blocked in a slew of states such as Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Utah, and Alabama.
Laws imposing age restrictions on adult content are in force in almost 20 states.
In Georgia, a new law imposing restrictions will come into force in July.
Users will have to upload a digital form of ID in order to be able to watch X-rated material.
And, companies that refuse to comply with the new law could be slapped with a fine of up to $10,000.
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In the meantime, it’s emerged that searches for VPNs have risen in the state, as per
At the federal level, Utah lawmaker Mike Lee has put forward a proposal that would see pornography banned.
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