The Utah Republican also unveiled complementary online safety legislation on May 1 to require app stores and developers to verify users’ ages when registering for an account and mandate parental approval for app downloads by minors.
“For too long, Big Tech has profited from app stores through which children in America and across the world access violent and sexual material while risking contact from online predators,” Lee said in a press release.
Lee previously introduced the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act in December 2022 and June 2024. The bill has failed to attract any co-sponsors and died in the then-Democratic-controlled Senate upon introduction in the prior Congresses.
Miller, the House sponsor of the bill, told the DCNF that online porn is “alarmingly destructive and far outside the bounds of protected free speech under the Constitution.”
“I’m proud to lead this effort in the House with Senator Lee to safeguard American families and ensure this dangerous material is kept out of our homes and off our screens,” Miller said.
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