Status: At second reading in the Senate.
Description: Makes it illegal to make pornography accessible to young persons online and requires pornography companies to verify the age of potential viewers of pornography.
Analysis: This bill strengthens the prohibition of minors’ access to pornography by creating fines of up to $250,000 for the first offence and $500,000 for subsequent offences. Pornography companies cannot claim that they did not know the age of the pornography consumer (e.g. plead ignorance) as a way to get out of the fine but must verify the age of any potential pornography consumer. For more about this bill, read Age Verification Bill Reintroduced in the Senate.
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