AZ HB2112

Commercial entities that knowingly publish or distribute sexual material harmful to minors on internet websites or social media platforms must implement reasonable age verification methods to confirm users are 18 years or older.

Age verification may be accomplished through digital identification or commercial age verification systems that use government-issued identification or publicly available transactional data, but cannot transmit or retain users' identifying information to any government entity.

Commercial entities and third-party age verification providers are prohibited from retaining or transmitting any personally identifiable information of individuals attempting to access the material.

Parents, guardians, and persons whose information was improperly retained or transmitted may bring civil actions against violators, with penalties up to $10,000 per day of violation and $10,000 per instance of improper data retention, plus up to $250,000 additional damages if minors accessed harmful material; successful plaintiffs may recover attorney fees and costs.

Internet service providers, search engines, and cloud service providers are not liable under this section solely for providing access or connection to websites, provided they did not create the harmful content.