The Free Speech Coalition submitted a letter to the members of the Tennessee Home Finance, Methods, and Means Subcommittee at present forward of a scheduled listening to on Wednesday, March 27. FSC shared its issues relating to HB 1614, a invoice that requires web sites containing a “substantial portion” of content material deemed “dangerous to minors” to implement harmful age verification which will battle with the state’s personal privateness laws (which doesn’t take impact till 2025).
The regulation creates a Class C felony offense for violations and the state expects the variety of convictions to be “important” in line with a memorandum. The memo additionally acknowledges that the laws will end in “a big enhance in enterprise expenditures related to guaranteeing compliance with age-verification necessities” for affected web sites.
Tennesseans wishing to precise their opposition to this an different age verification payments within the state can accomplish that right here.
