MO HB2921

Websites where more than one-third of content is sexual material harmful to minors must implement age verification using government-issued ID, digital identification, or commercial verification systems relying on transactional data

Commercial entities and third-party verifiers are prohibited from retaining any identifying information collected during the age verification process

Internet service providers, search engines, and cloud service providers are exempt from liability when merely providing access to content they did not create

News-gathering organizations and bona fide news broadcasts, websites, and reports are exempt from the requirements

Civil penalties include $10,000 per day for operating without required age verification, $10,000 per instance of improperly retained identifying information, and up to $250,000 additional if minors access harmful material due to verification failures