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HB 4654 would remove liability protections for educators deemed to have exposed children to "obscene" material

A bill that would open up librarians to felony charges for showing obscene material to minors will head to the House of Delegates for consideration. On Monday, bill sponsor Del. Brandon Steele, R-Raleigh, called for support of his legislation in a fiery speech, in which he said libraries were “the sanctuary for pedophilia” where people […]

Lang 2/17/24 An armed Cedar Rapids man is accused of trying to arrange a sexual encounter in Iowa City with a subject he believed to be underage. Iowa City

A Mobile County jury found a local man guilty of production and possession of obscene material of a child last week, according to the Mobile County District Attorney's Office.

Rep. Brady Brammer introduced a bill that is set to expand the warning labels on pornographic materials. Read more.

An Illinois man has been arrested for taking an Independence girl to a hotel in Waterloo in order to have sex with her, according to the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. 23 year old Logan Hilliard of Davis Junction, Illinois has been charged with three counts of third degree Sexual Abuse, four coun ...

SB104 requires manufacturers to turn on existing filters that block obscene material when a minor activates a device. It defaults the filter to “on” instead of “off” for children. Read more.

The proposal seems to conflict with a Supreme Court ruling against laws that criminalize mere possession of obscene material.

A similar bill passed a few years ago, but hasn’t gone into effect. Sen. Todd Weiler doesn’t want to wait anymore.

On Thursday, U.S. Marshals said they were serving a warrant to a man at an apartment complex in downtown Austin.