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In a move no-one expected, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeal has stepped in an overturned the injunction which stayed the implementation of Texas Bill HB1181, requiring age verification and health warnings for pornography.
There is no detail, and a full hearing of the appeal will be “expedited” so this is not the last act in this drama by any means. But as of today, the Bill is in force in Texas.
free_speech_v_colmenero_37We were privileged to give evidence to the California Assembly's Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee, when it considered Assembly Bill 3080, sponsored by Assemblymember Juan Alanis. The Bill will require age verification for adult websites. We began with a...
While one federal judge decided that the age assurance requirements of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CA AADC) may be unconstitutional, the majority of more senior judges, sitting at the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, reached the opposite...
The AVPA has submitted its response to the UK Home Office consultation on the use of digital methods of age assurance for the purposes of the sale of alcohol. The UK leads the world in digital age assurance technology. A change to the law to permit certified forms of...