Jim Banks Introduces Porn Site Age-Check Bill After 25 States Adopt Similar Rules
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 10
Jim Banks Introduces Porn Site Age-Check Bill After 25 States Adopt Similar Rules
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 10
Summary
Sen. Jim Banks on Tuesday unveiled the SAFE for Kids Act, which would require commercial pornography websites to verify users’ ages before granting access to explicit content.
The bill would let the FTC enforce the requirement, authorize DOJ investigations of intentional violations and allow parents or guardians to sue noncompliant platforms.
Banks’ office cited a 2023 Common Sense Media survey showing 73% of teens ages 13-17 had watched pornography online and 54% first saw it by age 13.
More than 25 states already have age-verification laws, and Banks’ office said the Supreme Court recently upheld such measures in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton.
The proposal arrives as conservative advocacy groups including Heritage Action and the American Principles Project press Congress to create a nationwide standard.