Florida is suing a number of porn corporations over age verification

Florida Lawyer Normal James Uthmeier has a number of pornography platforms on allegations that they fall afoul of age verification legal guidelines. The state handed HB 3 in March 2024 and the regulation took impact in January 2025. HB 3 new necessities on providers to substantiate the ages of their customers in the event that they include “materials dangerous to minors” and to make sure no person youthful than 18 accesses their content material.

The lawsuit in the present day targets the businesses behind a number of porn websites, together with XVideos, XNXX, BangBros and Women Gone Wild, in addition to grownup promoting community Visitors Manufacturing unit. “We’re taking authorized motion towards these on-line pornographers who’re willfully preying on the innocence of kids for his or her monetary acquire,” Uthmeier mentioned.

Though in the present day’s lawsuit focuses on pornography suppliers, most of the provisions in HB 3 additionally middle on teen use of social media. In June, a decide the regulation after NetChoice and the Pc and Communications Business Affiliation — teams representing a number of social media platforms — sought a preliminary injunction. Uthmeier has appealed that injunction to the Eleventh Circuit.

Yahoo, the guardian firm of Engadget, is a member of NetChoice.