Book Bans to Internet Bans: Wyoming Lets Parents Control Access to The Internet

Wyoming and South Dakota enacted laws, effective July 1, requiring any website that hosts sexual content to use age verification, and the article argues these laws are unconstitutional and will lead to censorship. The article says the laws could reach any site with even one instance of such material, including social media, retailers and streaming platforms. It describes Wyoming's HB0043 as a bounty law that lets any resident with a child sue websites, with no state enforcement, and it says the law resembles similar laws in Louisiana and Utah. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which the article represents, urges readers to contact their lawmakers.