NDIANAPOLIS—In an effort to curb unauthorized visitors to grownup web sites throughout the state, Indiana lawmakers handed new laws Thursday requiring all potential viewers of on-line pornography to register as intercourse offenders earlier than they might entry sexually express materials.
“This regulation will be sure that no resident of Indiana encounters dangerous, X-rated content material on the web with out first offering proof that they’re legally thought-about a sexual predator,” stated invoice co-sponsor Sen. Liz Brown (R-Fort Wayne), explaining that beneath the brand new measure an unclosable pop-up window would ship customers to a third-party web site the place they might be prompted to confirm their everlasting standing on the intercourse offender database, waive their proper to a trial, and undergo a mugshot earlier than any graphic content material could possibly be displayed.
“That is merely a fail-safe to make sure the one people accessing mature materials on-line are these on document as being a wicked particular person within the eyes of the regulation,” Brown continued. “As well as, the group at giant will likely be alerted to the presence of those perverts who recurrently view pornography for their very own pleasure. Related measures have confirmed profitable in Texas and Oklahoma, the place web customers are required to go door to door and announce themselves as intercourse criminals to their buddies and neighbors each time they want to navigate to an internet site that will present genitals, kissing, or a girl’s nipple.”
Brown went on to state that customers would want to register as repeat offenders for every further class of pornography they meant to view.
