Consumers
would be unable to access sites featuring pornography under the new
legislation, unless they were willing to prove their age and pay a fee to the
Arizona Commerce Authority.
Users
would be required to prove they are 18-years-old or above and forced to pay $20
in order for the block to be removed.
A
Republican lawmaker in Arizona has proposed an unusual — albeit not entirely
unprecedented — proposal seeking to fund Donald Trump's border wall demands by
charging tech users who wish to watch pornography online.
Gail
Griffin, an 84-year-old senator serving in the Arizona House of
Representatives, recently unveiled House Bill 2444, a measure that, if passed,
would install a block on all software sold in the state capable of accessing
the internet.
The
money sourced from the new proposal would go towards the newly-created John
McCain Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Fund and used for one of any 10
priorities, Arizona Republic reported.
The
top issue on that list of priorities reads: “Build a border wall between Mexico
and this state or fund security.”
Legislation
has been proposed across the country seeking to restrict or limit access to
digital pornography, with bills in South Carolina, Alabama and Kentucky all
seeking similar outcomes.
Still,
the Arizona bill is novel in that it seeks to fund the president’s border wall
demands rather than simply making it more difficult for porn viewers to access
content online.
Ms
Griffin did not respond to enquiries.
The
proposal has stirred headlines and controversy as the US enters another week of
the government shutdown — the longest in American history.
Mr
Trump has refused to back down from his demands for $5.7bn to be included in
the next federal spending bill for his campaign promise of building a wall
along the US-Mexico border.
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