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Several states in 2023 are passing laws that require age verification to keep minors off pornography websites.
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Louisiana was the first state to require ID verification, followed by seven other states.
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Some bills specify that they won't take effect until July.
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However, not every state agrees that rushing to require age verification is the best solution.
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The South Dakota committee voted to defer voting on its age verification bill.
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A lobbyist argued that the law was too vague in defining harmful content and commercial entities that could be subjected to liabilities.
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The laws impose damages on commercial entities found to be neglecting required age verification and distributing inappropriate content to minors online.
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Opponents in South Dakota anticipated that regulating the entire internet would be difficult.
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Violating content includes actual, simulated, or animated displays of body parts, sexual acts, and other sex acts deemed to have no value to minors.
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Porn sites are likely to comply with the laws if passed in additional states.