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Mississippi Passes Bill to Protect Children from Digital Pornography

Matt Lamb : Mar 17, 2023  LifeSiteNews.com

The new law would make it harder for kids to access porn in schools and at libraries.

(Jackson, MS) — [LifeSiteNews.com] Mississippi is one step closer to prohibiting access to digital pornography through public libraries and the Internet in general after the state House of Representatives passed legislation on March 8. (Image: Unsplash-Pieter Van de Sande)

Mississippi representatives amended a state Senate bill that allowed for civil action against entities that "distribute material harmful to minors without performing a reasonable age verification to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material."

The amended version "include[s] bans on 'obscene' and 'sexually oriented' digital materials in libraries. It does not include physical books," the Mississippi Free Press reported.

The legislation also includes important anti-grooming provisions that restrict public school employees for exposing minors to sexual content. "The bill prohibits public-school libraries for K-12 students and public libraries that serve adults and children alike from contracting with vendors for 'digital or online resources' that violate the State's pre-existing legal definition of 'sexually oriented materials,'" the Free Press reported in its analysis.

The Senate and House versions must now be worked out before the bill can be finalized and sent to the governor... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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