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Senator Behm proposes ID-based amendment for online age verification; acknowledges litigation risk
Summary
Senator Behm presented an amendment to move from device-based to ID-based age verification in legislation on access to certain online material, quoting the proposed language and noting ID-based approaches are currently involved in litigation in several states.
Senator Behm presented an amendment to a bill (agenda item 02/1980) that replaces device-based age-verification language with ID-based language and described the core proposed requirement to the Senate Industry and Business Committee.
Behm said the amendment’s central provision appears on page 5 and would require an individual attempting to access the material to comply with a commercial age-verification system that may include: use of government-issued identification, a…
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