Washington state residents may soon be forced to produce IDs before getting onto websites with pornographic content. Within the state’s House of Representatives, Rep. Mari Leavitt introduced data-i13n=”elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1″ class=”link ” href=”https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2112&Year=2025&Initiative=false” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:House Bill 2112;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” data-yga=”{"yLinkText":"House Bill 2112","yLinkElement":"context_link","yAffiliateService":"doNotAffiliate","yLinkPosition":"1","yPosition":"1","yModuleName":"content-canvas"}”>House Bill 2112, which is informally known as the Keep Our Children Safe Act. Similar to the initiatives seen in data-i13n=”elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1″ class=”link ” href=”https://www.engadget.com/louisiana-government-id-to-access-porn-online-065536172.html” data-ylk=”slk:other states;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” data-yga=”{"yLinkText":"other states","yLinkElement":"context_link","yAffiliateService":"doNotAffiliate","yLinkPosition":"2","yPosition":"1","yModuleName":"content-canvas"}”>other states, the bill proposes to restrict access to “online sexual material harmful” to anyone under 18.
In practical terms, those living in Washington state could see websites asking for digital…
