Bill would require platforms to verify consent before allowing explicit uploads, author says
AB 1705 would make platforms responsible for proactively verifying consent for uploaded explicit content; the bill won support from prosecutors and advocacy groups and drew concerns from tech industry trade groups about scope and site classification.
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Assemblymember Bauer Kehan presented AB 1705 as a bipartisan effort to hold platforms accountable for nonconsensual explicit imagery by requiring operators to verify consent before an upload is published. The author described current law as reactive — it removes content after victims ask — and argued a proactive duty will limit rapid proliferation online.
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