AVPA ditches support for California age assurance bill after amendment

The Age Verification Provider’s Association (AVPA) has withdrawn its support for California’s online age verification bill in response to amendments that remove the requirement for pornography websites to check the age of their users.

AB 3080 passed the state legislature in a 65-0 vote prior to the introduction of the amendments by the State Senate Judiciary Committee.

AVPA Executive Director Iain Corby said the change “legitimizes the ineffective status quo.” The AVPA laid out its argument …

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