KY Lawmakers Approve Age Verification For Porn Sites

March 29, 2024 Politics, Republicans

The Louisville Courier-Journal reports:

Lawmakers approved a bill that would require age verification to access pornography websites in Kentucky. The purpose of the measure is to prevent minors from viewing porn, said bill sponsor Rep. Matt Lockett, R-Nicholasville.

House Bill 278 would allow the parents of minors who access porn sites, or anyone else injured by the access, to sue the provider for $10,000 in damages for each time the site failed to get the required age verification.

A major pornography platform, Pornhub, stopped offering its content in Texas after a federal court upheld a similar law there.

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BREAKING: BIG WIN for protecting kids from online pornography!

Kentucky House concurs to HB 278, 96-0, protecting kids from online pornography with age verification. Bill heads to Governor. Great work by Rep. Matt Lockett.#KYGA24 #ProtectKids pic.twitter.com/FQjEwC9HL8

— TheFamilyFoundation (@KentuckyFamily) March 29, 2024