Australia: The Online Safety Act 2021 requires providers to take all reasonable steps to ensure children are not exposed to class 2 (adult) material, including restricting access or display of such material to minors.Reference: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2021A00076

France: Loi n° 2020-936 and ARCOM require adult sites to implement an age verification system to ensure only adults can access pornographic content.Reference: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000042535901

Germany: The Youth Media Protection State Treaty (JMStV) requires technical means or age checks to make harmful content not normally accessible to minors.Reference: https://www.kjm-online.de/aufsicht/gesetzestexte/jmstv-english

United Kingdom: Ofcom's Online Safety Act 2023 guidance requires that pornographic content must not be displayed to users before or during an age check.Reference: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2024/age-checks-to-prevent-children-seeing-online-pornography

Arkansas: Arkansas Act 612 (2023) requires a reasonable age verification method before allowing access to websites with a substantial portion of harmful material.Reference: https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/2023R/Public/ACT612.pdf

Florida: Florida HB 3 (2024) requires reasonable age verification for access to online material harmful to minors, listing approved verification methods.Reference: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/3/BillText/er/PDF

Idaho: Idaho Statute 18-1519 requires sites containing more than one-third harmful content to use commercially reasonable age verification before access.Reference: https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title18/T18CH15/SECT18-1519/

Indiana: Indiana HEA 1042 (2024) does not allow commercial entities to distribute online material harmful to minors without using reasonable age verification.Reference: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/bills/house/1042

Kansas: Kansas SB394 (2024) requires sites with over 33% harmful content to verify users are at least 18 by government ID or third-party service.Reference: https://sos.ks.gov/publications/sessionlaws/2024/Chapter-28-SB-394.pdf

Louisiana: Louisiana Revised Statutes §9:2800.29 requires commercial sites with a substantial portion of harmful content to use reasonable age verification such as government ID or third-party service.Reference: https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=1339271

Michigan: Michigan Public Act 295 of 2023 requires websites to use reasonable age verification at the point of access and show a warning screen before users view adult content.Reference: https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2023-PA-0295.pdf

Mississippi: Mississippi SB2346 (2023) mandates reasonable age verification before access to material harmful to minors.Reference: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/SB/2300-2399/SB2346SG.pdf

Montana: Montana SB544 (2023) requires reasonable age verification for users attempting to access material harmful to minors.Reference: https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2023/billhtml/SB0544.htm

North Carolina: North Carolina H8 (2023) Section 8 requires reasonable age verification before giving access to material harmful to minors.Reference: https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H8v7.pdf

Oklahoma: Oklahoma SB1959 (2024) requires sites to verify that anyone attempting to access specified harmful material is not a minor, per Section 2.A.Reference: https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2023-24%20ENR/SB/SB1959%20ENR.PDF

Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Act 53 of 2023 requires commercial sites to use reasonable age verification to ensure minors are prevented from accessing harmful material online.Reference: https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/Legis/LI/uconsCheck.cfm?yr=2023&sessInd=0&act=53

South Carolina: South Carolina H3348 (2023-2024) requires a commercially reasonable age verification method for sites containing more than one-third harmful material.Reference: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/3348.htm

Texas: Sites with over 33% adult content must use reasonable age verification for access to adult content under Civil Practice & Remedies Code §129B.002.Reference: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.129B.htm

Utah: Utah SB287 (2023) requires sites to use reasonable age verification methods to prevent minors from accessing material harmful to them.Reference: https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0287.html

Virginia: Virginia Code §18.2-391.2 makes it unlawful to distribute or transmit material harmful to minors online without reasonable age verification procedures.Reference: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title18.2/chapter8/section18.2-391.2/

England: Ofcom Online Safety Act 2023 guidance: pornographic content must not be visible to users before or during an age check.Reference: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2024/age-checks-to-prevent-children-seeing-online-pornography

Northern Ireland: Ofcom Online Safety Act 2023 guidance: pornographic content must not be visible to users before or during an age check.Reference: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2024/age-checks-to-prevent-children-seeing-online-pornography

Scotland: Ofcom Online Safety Act 2023 guidance: pornographic content must not be visible to users before or during an age check.Reference: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2024/age-checks-to-prevent-children-seeing-online-pornography

Wales: Ofcom Online Safety Act 2023 guidance: pornographic content must not be visible to users before or during an age check.Reference: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2024/age-checks-to-prevent-children-seeing-online-pornography