HCS/HBs 1839, 2921 & 3015 - The act creates provisions relating to age verification on adult websites. The act provides that a commercial entity, as defined in the act, that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material on an internet website, including a social media platform, more than 1/3 of which is sexual material harmful to minors, as defined in the act, shall use a third party to perform reasonable age-verification methods to verify that an individual attempting to access the material is 18 years of age or older. A third party that performs age verification shall not retain any identifying information of the individual. These provisions shall not apply to a bona fide news or public interest broadcast, website video, report, or event and shall not affect the rights of a news-gathering organization, as defined in the act. An internet service provider or subsidiary, search engine, or cloud service shall not be held liable for violating provisions of the act solely for providing internet access to any content not under the provider's control. The Attorney General shall enforce the provisions of the act. If the Attorney General believes that a violation occurred, the Attorney General may bring an action. Relief, including civil penalties, is described in the act. JULIA SHEVELEVA