Committee advances age-verification bill for websites hosting material harmful to minors
House Bill 43 would require covered websites that provide pornographic or otherwise harmful material to implement age-verification measures, impose data-privacy limits on retained identifying information, and create civil remedies for violations. The Senate Judiciary Committee heard technical and constitutional questions and voted unanimously to
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Representative Volley presented House Bill 43 to the Senate Judiciary Committee as a targeted, civil-remedy age-verification measure intended to reduce minors' exposure to online pornography and other material judged harmful to minors. "Age verification is proving your age without disclosing your identity," Ian Corby, an expert testifying by video, summarized during the hearing.
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