Florida Attorney General Sues Pornography Website For Not Implementing Age Verification

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JAKARTA - Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a lawsuit against a number of pornographic websites deemed to have violated the Florida Act by not requiring age verification.

In an official statement, Uthmeier said that the Florida Law requires commercial entities that distribute explicit sexual content online should apply to verifying the minimum age of 18, before accessing it.

Some of the pornographic websites being sued include Webgroup Czech Republic (XVideos.com), NKL Associates (XNXX.com), Sonesta Technologies, Inc. (BangBros.com), GGW Group (GirlsGoneWild.com), and Traffic F (Traffic Factory.com).

A number of pornography companies openly violate the age verification law in Florida by exposing children to malicious explicit content. As a father of small children, and as a Attorney General, this is completely unacceptable," he said.

He also emphasized that despite knowing that these sites must comply with age verification laws, these companies have openly ignored HB 3 since the law took effect on January 1, 2025.

"We are taking legal steps against these online pornography perpetrators who deliberately exploit children's innocence for their financial gain," he said.

On behalf of all the minors who become Florida citizens, Uthmeier's Attorney General's lawsuit aims to force these companies to comply with their obligations according to HB 3 and Florida's Cheating and Misleading Practice Act.

Where the Act prohibits fraudulent and fraudulent business practices that these companies have used to build large and profitable user bases in Florida, including vulnerable children and adolescents.