Tennessee Republican Introduces Age Verification Bill to Protect Children From Adult Content

A Tennessee Republican lawmaker introduced age verification legislation on Dec. 7 aimed at restricting children from accessing and viewing explicit adult content online. Titled the “Protect Tennessee Minors Act,” the bill was introduced by Republican state Rep. Patsy Hazlewood and would require online media companies and operators to put in place age verification measures to ensure that children are unable to access the explicit content. Specifically, the bill states that an individual or commercial entity that owns, operates, or manages a website that contains a “substantial portion of content harmful to minors” must implement “a reasonable age-verification method” including a valid photographic form of identification issued in the United States, for users who wish to access the website....