A bill that would require arkansans to verify their age to view pornography cleared the house on tuesday. State legislation can force porn websites to verify users' age, the supreme court ruled friday Online porn age verification laws by state alabama there is no requirement to upload id for age verification to access online pornography in alabama. The protection of minors from distribution of harmful material act requires arkansas residents to use a digitized identification card before viewing porn. A bill was filed tuesday, jan 17 that would require an id to prove a viewer is over the age of 18 before they can be on a website that offers pornography.
While the purported aim of these laws is to keep minors from seeing porn, experts have told mashable for years that age verification doesn't work for that intended purpose.
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