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Arizona Governor Strikes Down Age Verification Bill, Says It Violates First Amendment. Arizona governor Katie Hobbs just vetoed an age verification bill that would have required anyone visiting an adult site from the state to show ID before continuing. [04/2024]
“While we look for a solution, it should be bipartisan and work within the bounds of the First Amendment, which this bill does not," Arizona governor Katie Hobbs wrote.
“We thank Governor Hobbs for her courage in standing up to calls for censorship, and look forward to working with the legislature on effective methods of keeping minors from accessing age-inappropriate material online,” the Free Speech Coalition wrote in a press release. Pornhub’s parent company Aylo has blocked access in multiple states to its network of more than a dozen sites following age verification laws passing in Texas, Montana, North Carolina, , Arkansas, Mississippi, and Utah. In a bill headed for the governor’s desk in Kansas, the bar for liability is lower than any other state: sites containing just 25 percent adult content would be held accountable with heavy fines if they don’t verify users’ ages.
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