BREAKING! Pornography Companies SUED for Allowing a Minor Access to the Sites

As a mother, Jane Doe was fully aware of the online dangers that children face. So, she did everything she possibly could to monitor and safeguard her 14-year-old son’s devices. She was vigilant.

But her son found an old laptop in the closet. And through that, he was able to access hardcore pornography. 

Jane Doe’s son spent countless hours on the pornographic websites Chaturbate.com, Jerkmate.com, Superporn.com, and Titan Websites. His viewing became more and more compulsive. Until finally, terrified at how badly he’d spiralled out of control, he confessed everything to his mother.

At first glance, this story may seem commonplace. Sadly, children are exposed to pornographic websites all the time, even when their parents take precautions to prevent it.

But here’s the kicker: This mother and son lived in Kansas. And the state had already passed a law requiring pornography websites block access to children by verifying the age of users. 

The pornography websites that harmed this 14-year-old boy were violating the law.

First U.S. Lawsuits Suing Pornography Websites for Violating Age Verification Laws

The NCOSE Law Center is now representing this boy in lawsuits against the pornography websites that illegally exposed him to harm. These are the first lawsuits in the United States that seek to hold pornography websites accountable for violating age verification laws!

In 2024, Kansas passed a law requiring that websites which contain “content that is harmful to minors” use age verification technology to block access to children. The law was specifically passed with pornography in mind, responding to a prior resolution adopting the Kansas Senate which stated, “pornography is a public health hazard that leads to a broad spectrum of individual and public health impacts and societal harms.”

Yet in spite of all this, the pornography websites that the boy accessed employed no meaningful age verification technology, allowing children to freely access their content.

To add insult to injury, the pornographic sites geolocated the boy and served him ads encouraging him to meet people in his area—a shocking risk for child molestation and sex trafficking! Such “meetup” sites are one of the biggest advertisers on pornography sites.

When will the pornography industry stop willfully endangering and exploiting vulnerable children? Join us in holding them accountable!

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Science Proves Pornography’s Harms to Children

For example, longitudinal research shows that adolescents who intentionally viewed violent pornography were nearly 6x more likely to become sexually aggressive later on in life.

Many studies, including longitudinal research, have linked pornography consumption to the development of sexual dysfunctions.

Adolescent pornography consumption has also been associated with poor mental health outcomes, including poor self-image, increased insecurity, lower life satisfaction, psychosomatic symptoms, depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts.

Pornography does not depict safe sex practices and research has found that adolescent pornography consumption is associated with having unprotected sex, among other risky sexual behaviors.

This is only a very small sampling of the research demonstrating pornography’s harms to children. Learn more by downloading our FREE flyer below.

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The message is clear: it’s time to stop letting pornography websites prey on our children.

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