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AB 392: Pornographic internet websites: consent.

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Assembly

Current Status:

In Progress

(2025-02-04: From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.)

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Existing law generally regulates obscene content on internet websites, including by requiring a social media platform to provide, in a mechanism that is reasonably accessible to users, a means for a user who is a California resident to report material to the social media platform that the user reasonably believes is, among other things, child sexual abuse material.

This bill would prohibit a person who operates a pornographic internet website from knowingly allowing a user to upload sexually explicit content, as defined, to the pornographic internet website unless the user has submitted to the operator a statement, under penalty of perjury, that any individual depicted in the sexually explicit content is at least 18 years of age and has consented to the sexually explicit content being uploaded to the internet, and the user has submitted information sufficient to enable the operator to contact the user. By expanding the scope of the crime of perjury, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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