By Jordan Gerard | Yellow Sheet
State lawmakers pushing age verification and online safety measures this legislative session have turned their attention toward combatting revenge porn — and want to go after online streaming services to make it happen.
The Legislature passed House Bill 2133, which would require commercial entities that publish or distribute sexual material on the internet to obtain age and consent verification from individuals who are depicted in the material. If passed into law, either the person depicted in the material or the attorney general could file a civil suit.
Rep. Nick Kupper, the bill’s sponsor, said it would protect children from being the victims of child porn. Kupper is the same representative who successfully led the charge for Arizona’s latest age verification law for pornographic websites last year.
