by AVPA | Aug 31, 2023 | News Release
This is the full judgement from the federal district court in Austin, Texas which granted an injunction preventing Texas Bill 1181 coming into force on September 1 2023. The Bill required age verification for online pornography, and the publication of defined health...
by AVPA | Aug 31, 2023 | Thought Leadership
In his article “Age Verification For Porn Sites: Why It Won’t Work”, in Forbes, Barry Collins sets out the case the title promises. Here, we respond to a number of his arguments. First, a general point: if we can put a man on the moon, we can prove...
by AVPA | Aug 24, 2023 | Thought Leadership
As the debate about age verification intensifies with several hearings in US federal courts challenging the constitutionality of state laws requiring age assurance for adult content (e.g. , Louisiana, Utah, Texas), using social media (Arkansas), and age-approrpriate...
by AVPA | Aug 8, 2023 | Thought Leadership
The Association submitted feedback to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the USA on their plans to offer testing for facial age estimation. We welcomed the decision to provide test protocols for Age Estimation Technologies, and made the...
by AVPA | Aug 2, 2023 | News Release
Round One in the constitutional fight in the USA on age verification has been won in Utah by those who wish to prevent children being exposed to adult content online. The Judge dismissed the case because the state plays no part in the enforcement of S.B. 287. The...
