LOS ANGELES – Free Speech Coalition (FSC) Executive Director Alison Boden called Tennessee’s version of the age verification bills sponsored by anti-porn activists across the country, which was signed into law by Republican Governor Bill Lee on Tuesday, “ not just an attack about the adult industry, but about the First Amendment rights of millions of people who engage with adult content online.”
Boden told to link to. a platform that does not perform age verification.”
Last month, FSC Public Affairs Director Mike Stabile told XBIZ that SB 1792 is a “particularly bad” bill because of the misdemeanor charge.
“It also requires visitors to be re-verified every hour, and allows the database to retain data for 30 days,” Stabile added, calling the law — and similar measures proposed in Ohio and Alabama — “grossly unconstitutional and dangerous .”
“They are intended to suppress legal rulings,” he added. “But if they are not challenged, they will come into force.”
Despite these criticisms, SB 1792 was passed unanimously by the Tennessee legislature, by bipartisan vote, on April 24.