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California lawmakers are debating an ill-advised bill that would require internet users to show their ID in order to look at sexually explicit content.
Adults have a First Amendment right to look for information online, including sexual content.
If California passes AB. 3080 , it would make it illegal to show websites with one-third or more “sexually explicit content” to minors.
Tennessee , for instance, recently passed a mandatory ID bill that includes felony penalties for anyone who “publishes or distributes” a website with one-third adult content. Tennessee ’s fiscal review committee estimated that the state will incarcerate one person per year under this law, and has budgeted accordingly. California lawmakers have a chance to restore some sanity to our national conversation about how to protect minors online. Mandatory ID checks, and fines or incarceration for those who fail to use them, are not the answer. Further reading:.
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