Missouri governor to sign porn site age verification bill

By: Jason Hancock

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: July 7, 2026

Words: 618

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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Gov. Mike Kehoe has announced he will sign legislation Thursday requiring pornography websites to verify that users are adults before allowing them to access sexually explicit content.

The bill, which will take effect Aug. 28, applies to commercial websites and social media platforms that knowingly and intentionally publish or distribute content in Missouri if more than one-third is “sexual material harmful to minors.”

It was included in a list of 22 bills Kehoe’s office …

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