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Bill would require age verification and civil liability for online distribution of obscene material, sponsor says
Summary
House Bill 394 would require commercial online distributors of obscene materials to implement age verification and create civil liability for knowing violations; supporters cited research on youth exposure and public-health harms, while opponents and constitutional questions were noted in Q&A.
Delegate Robin Grammer presented House Bill 394, which would require commercial online distributors of obscene material to implement age-verification measures and would create civil liability for entities that knowingly and intentionally fail to comply.
Supporters—family-rights groups and anti-obscenity coalitions—argued that minors are highly exposed to explicit online material and that age-verification measures used in…
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