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Title: Florida is suing several porn companies over age verification

Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2025 19:02:51 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/florida-is-...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has sued multiple pornography
platforms on allegations that they fall afoul of age verification laws. The
state passed HB 3 in March 2024 and the law took effect in January 2025. HB 3
placed new requirements on services to confirm the ages of their users if
they contain "material harmful to minors" and to ensure nobody younger than
18 accesses their content.

The lawsuit today targets the companies behind several porn sites, including
XVideos, XNXX, BangBros and Girls Gone Wild, as well as adult advertising
network Traffic Factory. "We are taking legal action against these online
pornographers who are willfully preying on the innocence of children for
their financial gain," Uthmeier said.

Although today's lawsuit focuses on pornography providers, many of the
provisions in HB 3 also center on teen use of social media. In June, a judge
temporarily blocked the law after NetChoice and the Computer and
Communications Industry Association ΓÇö groups representing several social
media platforms ΓÇö sought a preliminary injunction. Uthmeier has appealed
that injunction to the Eleventh Circuit.

Yahoo, the parent company of Engadget, is a member of NetChoice.

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