Senate committee passes bill requiring App Store age verification
Right-wing advocacy groups and Facebook's parent company Meta were among the bill's supporters at Wednesday's hearing.
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House passes bill requiring App Store age verification
Alabamians may soon have to verify their age to download apps under a bill passed unanimously by House lawmakers Thursday.
Bills to protect minors online pass in the Senate
SB186 and SB187 would require content filters and parental controls on devices and in the app store.
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See recent postsRobbins’ Age Verification Law harms more than the First Amendment
This law gives Alabama’s far-right leadership the ability to restrict and censor forms of speech they don’t agree with.
Debate continues on bill requiring default parental controls on devices
The committee did not vote on the bill, but expects to vote on it next week.
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See recent postsDevice filter mandates are costly, ineffective for protecting Alabama kids
Some proposals are far too broad and overreaching. One of these proposals has earned some support in the Legislature.
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See recent postsPorn age verification legislation aligned with far-right astroturf campaign
The intention is admirable, but there is a sinister truth to all of this new push for child-proofing the internet.
Alabama’s DuBose to introduce bill mandating age verification for porn sites
Critics argue that mandatory age verification could result in websites retaining sensitive user identification data.