US adult industry campaigners argue the law is the wrong solution.
Under the Louisiana legislation, most users are expected to use a smartphone app, called LA Wallet, to show they are over 18.Users of one of the largest pornographic websites, Pornhub, are now directed to an age verification process, according to a video posted on Twitter.
A federal law giving regulators the power to mandate age-verification country-wide was proposed last month by Republican US senator Mike Lee, from Utah. The Shielding Children's Retinas from Egregious Exposure on the Net Act would make US regulators require sites to age-check their users. The legislation was a dangerous step towards censorship and should be seen in the context of an effort by conservative and faith-based groups to "remove sex and information about sex from the public square", said Mr Stabile.Billie Eilish said watching pornography as a youngster helped her to be "one of the guys"The legislator told USA Today the bill was not designed to prevent adults from accessing pornography, but was just about protecting children.
Eilish said the experience led her to "not say no to things that were not good" when she began having sex.will order pornographic websites to prevent children from accessing explicit content.
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