It sounds terribly like North Carolina legislators jumped onto the age verification bandwagon with even less understanding of the technology and impact than the UK government equivalent debate.

This is astonishing.

“We want to keep minors off of X-rated websites,” Hardister said. “And the way it’s written now is that the web provider is expected to create an age verification process, which would presumably be done with an ID.”

He said it seems sites are claiming that the law requires them to make users “submit an ID like each time they visit the site.” But in fact, he said, “I’m thinking there could be another way to do it; they could create a quasi membership where you would upload an ID and maybe be provided login credentials.”

Another option, if there were confidentiality liability concerns from these sites, said Hardister, is for users to have to register a device. He said he would have to speak with Information technology experts to make sure it’s doable and that he would also want to discuss how minors can be prevented from accessing these devices. But, “it’s a conversation we can have if it effectuates the intended outcome,” he said.

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