Plain English Breakdown
The specific criteria users must certify their content meets are mentioned but not defined in the provided text.
Rules for Pornographic Internet Websites
AB-1705 requires operators of pornographic websites to take reasonable steps to ensure their content does not include depicted individuals and mandates that users provide specific information before uploading sexually explicit material.
What This Bill Does
- Requires website operators to exercise ordinary care and reasonable diligence to ensure displayed or uploaded sexually explicit content does not include a depicted individual.
- Defines terms such as 'depicted person' for the purpose of this law.
- Mandates that users submit specific information, including a statement under penalty of perjury certifying that individuals in the content meet certain criteria, before uploading sexually explicit material.
- Makes knowingly providing false information in user statements punishable by an infraction with a specified fine.
- Allows depicted individuals and public prosecutors to bring civil actions to enforce these rules.
- Excludes private messages sent through online dating services from these requirements.
Who It Names or Affects
- Operators of pornographic internet websites
- Users who upload sexually explicit content to those websites
- Individuals depicted in the uploaded or displayed content
- Public prosecutors
Terms To Know
- Depicted individual
- A person shown in sexually explicit content on a website.
- Penalty of perjury
- Legal punishment for making false statements officially required by law.
- Infraction
- A minor offense punishable by a fine rather than jail time.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill states that individuals must meet 'certain criteria' but does not list what those specific criteria are in the provided text.
- The effective date of this law is not listed in the provided source material.
- The bill notes no state reimbursement is required for local costs due to a specified reason, but the exact reason is not detailed in the summary.