Ohio HB 96 — Ohio Innocence Act / Age Verification for Harmful Content (Jun 2025)
Ohio HB 96 (Ohio Innocence Act) requires commercial adult content websites to implement age verification for users and mandates that websites retain proof of age for performers. Aims to protect minors from accessing harmful content and to ensure adult performers are not minors. Enacted June 2025.
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