Louisiana residents are required to take out their licenses to see nude people, which startles those who are looking to engage their sexual interest in private.
News laws have been announced, which means people trying to watch porn in Louisiana need to submit their ID for review before doing so. Porn sites must now verify their users’ ages with a government-issued ID.
The benchmark is that if 33.3 percent or more of a website’s content consists of adult visuals, it “shall be held liable if the entity fails to perform reasonable age verification methods to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material.” If sites don’t follow the new rules, they will be subject to lawsuits.
For those users that watch porn on a private browser, handing over the ID is a frightening task. Rest assured, some of that tension will cool off since the law prohibits any parties performing the age verification from keeping any of the identification information. There is no lingering record to trace back to the user’s identity.
The purpose of the law is to protect underage children from being exposed to inappropriate content, specifically pornography.
“Pornography is creating a public health crisis and having a corroding influence on minors. Pornography contributes to the hypersexualization of teens and prepubescent children and may lead to low self-esteem, body image disorders, an increase in problematic sexual activity at younger ages and an increased desire among adolescents to engage in risky sexual behavior.”
Based on the laws, impressionable kids shouldn’t be subject to porn since it can affect “brain development and functioning,” as well as lead to “deviant sexual arousal.”
Representative Laurie Schlegel has pushed for this law to come into effect since she believes unrestricted access to online porn is a serious risk. She said: “Online pornography is extreme and graphic and only one click away from our children. This is not your daddy’s Playboy. And if pornography companies refuse to be responsible, then we must hold them accountable. This law is a first step.”
Source: https://legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1289498