Overview

• Starting Sept. 26, users in Arizona must verify they are at least 18 to access websites where more than one-third of content is deemed harmful to minors.
• Verification may use a government ID or another commercially reasonable method, and services are barred from retaining identifying data or sharing it with government entities.
• Noncompliant sites face $10,000-per-day penalties, with $10,000 fines per instance for unlawful data retention or transmission and up to $250,000 if a minor accesses harmful content due to violations.
• Parents of minors can bring civil lawsuits against entities they allege allowed underage access, a prospect critics say could chill lawful content given subjective definitions.
• Industry representatives warn users often migrate to other or offshore platforms when ID checks are imposed, and news-gathering organizations are exempt from the law.