Bills Blocking Porn Considered in 8 States
March 23, 2023 | Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Maryland, Montana, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas
Proposed measures in eight states are targeting pornography by requiring phone and tablet manufacturers to include filters that would automatically censor any nude or sexually explicit content.
NBC News reports the bills to say the phone filters must prevent children from downloading sexually explicit content via mobile data networks, applications owned and controlled by the manufacturer, and wired or wireless internet networks.
Under the states’ bills, passcodes would be required to disable the filters. Adults would be prohibited from giving a passcode to a child unless it is done by a parent. (Excerpt from CBN News.)
