RHF productions and Portland Enterprises — both owned by media mogul Richard Desmond — have been fined over a lack of age-verification labels on websites and airing content that was too explicit for television.
A man suspected of impersonating a police detective and demanding porn videos at a local adult store last month was arrested Tuesday in Longmont, Colo.
Internet retailers may soon face hefty fines or prison sentences if they fail to implement age verification procedures that will ensure their customers are of a legal age to purchase a wide variety of products and services.
Amid growing concerns from parents and rumblings from Congress as well as various state Attorneys General, social networking sites such as MySpace have been looking for ways to improve age verification tools.
Camera maker Eastman Kodak may soon make an unintended contribution to the seemingly endless 2257 litigation with a camera that can identify the age of the person in the picture.
One of the most interesting and controversial seminars to be featured at the 2006 Internext Expo was "Age Verification: Your Business & The Law. A survival guide for staying in business," which promised "a spirited discussion of best practices, preemptive strategies, program options, and how webmasters can safeguard their front and back doors while denying access to underage surfers."
A new age-verification prototype is being jointly developed by information security software company RSA Security and Israel-based i-Mature for preventing children from accessing adult websites and chat rooms.
