Georgians regularly get carded when buying things like alcohol, tobacco and R-rated movie tickets, but a group of lawmakers says they should prove their age when they log in to their favorite adult website as well.
House Bill 910, sponsored by Jasper Republican Rep. Rick Jasperse, would require companies that publish “material harmful to minors” to verify the age of people trying to access that material.
The bill does not specify how companies should verify users’ age, but says they can use a “commercially available database that is regularly used by businesses or governmental entities for the purpose of age and identity verification” or another “commercially reasonable method.”
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