Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires pornography websites and other online distributors of obscene material to implement "reasonable" age verification methods to prevent minors' access in Iowa.

Highlights:

• Requires entities that provide obscene material on the internet to perform reasonable age verification of individuals attempting to access their platform (Sec. 2).

• Authorizes reasonable age verification to be performed by a third party, and to include techniques that protect privacy (Sec. 2).

• Prohibits platforms from retaining or sharing an individual’s identifying information after completing reasonable age verification (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that an entity that provides obscene material on the internet which fails to obtain reasonable age verification prior to access shall be held liable and is subject to punitive damages (Sec. 2).

• Authorizes the attorney general to bring civil action against an entity that it finds in violation of Section 2 (Sec. 3).

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