The Republican Legislator's Argument for Porn Age Verification

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Laurie Schlegel, who shepherded the porn age verification law and is shepherding other laws. She agreed that it was unconstitutional at the moment, but also started talking about what she called adult zones in the real world. "You can't be 10 years old and just walk into a strip club," she said.

States want to restrict kids’ access to harmful content online via age verification systems. New York Times reporter Natasha Singer explains how a wave of new legislation could dramatically reshape the internet.

This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd with help from Michael Raphael, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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