“Showing your ID in a checkout lane is simply not the same as submitting it to a government database,” Jeffrey Sandman, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said in a Wednesday news release. It says the laws can, in effect, deny access to websites by adults who don’t have state-issued ID or are reluctant to use online verification methods because of the fear of having their information hacked. The suit also says the law violates rights to freedom of expression and due process.
“Because of the Acts’ vagueness, cautious operators of even non-pornographic websites must place an age-verification content wall over their entire websites if they wish to continue communicating with Louisiana audiences without risking ruinous tort liability,” the suit says. The suit says the laws could chill free speech because the terms are so vague that providers wouldn’t be able to decipher "material harmful to minors." The laws require age verification for users of sites if as much as one-third of their content is deemed harmful to minors.
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