Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California's AB 1705, a law that makes adult content sites collect a verified email and a sworn consent statement from every person who uploads content. The statement must say, under penalty of perjury, that everyone shown was an adult when the content was made, agreed to be shown and agreed to the upload. Sites must verify the email before an upload goes live and keep the records for at least seven years. Both the site and the uploader can be sued. A person shown in the content can seek up to $75,000 per violation plus punitive damages and attorney fees. Public prosecutors can bring civil cases seeking $25,000 per violation. Each day non-compliant content stays up counts as its own violation. The law goes beyond existing federal 2257 recordkeeping rules and takes effect January 1, 2027. California sites will have to keep these records for seven years. Where do you think a creator should store records that long, and who should be allowed to see them? Source: XBIZ 📷: UK Government, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons