US EditionFlorida AG Sues Porn Distributors, Saying They Are Violating New State Law. That Law Has Been Halted by a Federal Judge
FLORIDA, AUG 5 – Attorney General James Uthmeier sued several porn companies for violating Florida's HB 3 by failing to verify users' ages, with sites receiving millions of visits from Florida residents each month.
- Today, AG Uthmeier filed a lawsuit in Sarasota Circuit Civil Court against Webgroup Czech Republic, NKL Associates, Sonesta Technologies, Inc., GGW Group, and Traffic F for violating HB 3.
- After HB 3 passed in March 2024 and took effect January 1, 2025, Florida required online distributors to verify users are at least 18.
- According to Uthmeier, `We are taking legal action against these online pornographers who are willfully preying on the innocence of children for their financial gain` as XVideos.com and XNXXX.com receive hundreds of millions of visits worldwide, including several million from Florida.
- Following the injunction, Uthmeier appealed the June 3 halt of HB 3 enforcement to the Eleventh Circuit, nearly a month after the Free Speech Coalition dropped its Florida lawsuit.
- Despite growing VPN searches, a NYU preliminary study and free speech advocates suggest age-verification laws fail to prevent minors from accessing explicit content.
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Florida Attorney General Sues Porn Distributors, Accusing Them of Targeting Children Online
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed a lawsuit against several online pornography operators, accusing them of violating the state’s age-verification law by allowing minors access to adult content. The complaint targets both domestic and foreign entities, including the popular website XVideos, which the state says ignored multiple warnings issued earlier this year. Uthmeier alleges […] The post Florida Attorney General Sues Porn Dist…
AG James Uthmeier takes aim at porn companies for allegedly violating age verification law
Florida Attorney General and Orange County Sheriff John Mina in Orlando on April 14, 2025. (Screenshot from video from James Uthmeier's X account)Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is suing companies that operate porn websites for noncompliance with the state’s new age verification law, which kicked in at the start of the year. While some well-known sites pulled down their content to users inside Florida, others have continued to operate wi…
Multiple porn sites sued by Florida attorney general
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Florida Sues Huge Porn Sites Including XVideos and Bang Bros Over Age Verification Law
The state of Florida is suing some of the biggest porn platforms on the internet, accusing them of not complying with the state’s law that requires adult sites to verify that visitors are over the age of 18.The lawsuit, brought by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, is against the companies that own popular porn platforms including XVideos, XNXX, Bang Bros and Girls Gone Wild, and the adult advertising network TrafficFactory.com. Several of…
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