Wisconsin governor says ‘no’ to age checks for porn

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Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers vetoed a bill that would’ve required residents to verify their age before accessing porn sites, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In a letter to the members of the assembly last week, Evers writes that the bill « imposes an intrusive burden on adults who are trying to access constitutionally protected materials. »

The bill (AB 105) would’ve required sites with more than one-third of their total content deemed harmful to minors to impose a « reasonable » form of age verification, such as asking users to show their government-issued ID. More than two dozen states have already passed similar age check requirements for …

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