Missouri AG Bypasses Legislature, Declares Age Verification Rule
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey on Wednesday announced a new state regulation requiring adult sites to implement age verification of users, bypassing the legislative process in a strategy not seen before in state-level efforts to mandate age verification.
Although two age verification bills are currently pending in the Missouri state legislature — HB 236 and HB 691 — Bailey has essentially performed an end run around that process by invoking his office’s authority under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act (MMPA), a consumer protection statute.
“This proposed rule clarifies that the failure of an individual or commercial entity to use certain commercially reasonable age verification technology to protect minors in Missouri from accessing sexually explicit content online constitutes an ‘unfair practice’ under the MMPA,” reads the new rule, 15 CSR 60-17.010.
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Why did anyone in the adult industry vote Republican?
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