Chaturbate Owes Texas $675,000 for Not Verifying the Age of Users – By Matt Novak (Gizmodo) / April 26, 2024
The adult webcam site now conducts age verification while other porn sites have opted to block Texas.
Chaturbate will pay $675,000 in fines for not adhering to a new law in Texas that requires all porn sites to verify the age of users, according to a new report from 404 Media which cites a court order released Friday.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Chaturbate, along with Pornhub, last month for ignoring the age verification law, which requires all adult websites to verify ages through a driver’s license or passport. And while Chaturbate has now implemented age verification, other sites like Pornhub and XHamster have opted to block access to their entire sites within the state of Texas.
Chaturbate is reportedly using a company called Incode to verify user ages, according to 404 Media, which also handles identity verification and fraud detection for mainstream banking clients.
Texas passed the age verification law, known as HB 1181 last year, which imposes fines of up to $20,000 per day for non-compliance. A fine of $250,000 is also tacked on if any minor is found to have accessed porn on the site. A group of porn sites sued Texas shortly after the law was passed but the notoriously conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the state, allowing the law to stand
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