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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Arizona Revised Statutes Section 18-701: age-verification statute citation and URL",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Arizona has an age-verification statute in force: A.R.S. § 18-701, enacted by HB2586 (56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session, 2024)",
      "body": "Arizona has an age-verification statute in force: A.R.S. § 18-701, enacted by HB2586 (56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session, 2024)\n\nWhat Arizona Legislature actually says:\n\n“18-701. Age verification; publishers and distributers of material harmful to minors; civil liability; damages; definitions”",
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      "evidence_quote": "18-701. Age verification; publishers and distributers of material harmful to minors; civil liability; damages; definitions",
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      "id": "learn_r244_arizona_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_arizona_18_701_regulated_entity",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Who the statute binds - commercial entity definition",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The statute binds 'commercial entities' that knowingly or intentionally publish or distribute material harmful to minors on the internet from a website containing a substantial portion of such material; an individual seller of their own content through a platform is not a 'commercial entity' as defined unless they meet that characterization",
      "body": "The statute binds 'commercial entities' that knowingly or intentionally publish or distribute material harmful to minors on the internet from a website containing a substantial portion of such material; an individual seller of their own content through a platform is not a 'commercial entity' as defined unless they meet that characterization\n\nWhat Arizona Legislature actually says:\n\n“A. A commercial entity that knowingly or intentionally publishes or distributes material harmful to minors on the internet from a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors is liable for damages in a civil action if the commercial entity does not perform a reasonable age verification method to verify the age of an individual attempting to access the material harmful to minors.”",
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      "evidence_quote": "A. A commercial entity that knowingly or intentionally publishes or distributes material harmful to minors on the internet from a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors is liable for damages in a civil action if the commercial entity does not perform a reasonable age verification method to verify the age of an individual attempting to access the material harmful to minors.",
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      "subject": "A.R.S. § 18-701 regulated entity definition",
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      "id": "learn_r244_arizona_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_arizona_18_701_threshold",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] A.R.S. § 18-701 threshold trigger: what triggers the duty - substantial portion of material",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The duty triggers when the website contains a 'substantial portion of material harmful to minors' - more than 33.3% of website content",
      "body": "The duty triggers when the website contains a 'substantial portion of material harmful to minors' - more than 33.3% of website content\n\nWhat Arizona Legislature actually says:\n\n“from a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors”",
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      "id": "learn_r244_arizona_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_arizona_18_701_verification_method",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] What verification methods the statute accepts",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The statute accepts 'reasonable age verification method' including government-issued identification or a commercially reasonable method relying on public or private transactional data to verify age",
      "body": "The statute accepts 'reasonable age verification method' including government-issued identification or a commercially reasonable method relying on public or private transactional data to verify age\n\nWhat Arizona Legislature actually says:\n\n“to verify the age of an individual attempting to access the material harmful to minors”",
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      "evidence_quote": "to verify the age of an individual attempting to access the material harmful to minors",
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      "subject": "A.R.S. § 18-701 accepted verification methods",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Retention or deletion of verification data",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A commercial entity or third party that performs the age verification may not retain any of the individual's identifying information after access is granted to the material harmful to minors",
      "body": "A commercial entity or third party that performs the age verification may not retain any of the individual's identifying information after access is granted to the material harmful to minors\n\nWhat Arizona Legislature actually says:\n\n“A commercial entity or third party that performs the age verification required by this section may not retain any of the individual's identifying information after access is granted to the material harmful to minors.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2586h.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
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      "evidence_quote": "A commercial entity or third party that performs the age verification required by this section may not retain any of the individual's identifying information after access is granted to the material harmful to minors.",
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      "subject": "A.R.S. § 18-701 verification data retention",
      "topic": "retention or deletion of verification data",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Enforcement - state action, private right of action, penalties",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Civil liability; the commercial entity is liable to an individual for damages resulting from a minor accessing the material, including court costs and reasonable attorney fees; private right of action exists",
      "body": "Civil liability; the commercial entity is liable to an individual for damages resulting from a minor accessing the material, including court costs and reasonable attorney fees; private right of action exists\n\nWhat Arizona Legislature actually says:\n\n“A commercial entity that violates subsection A of this section is liable to an individual for the damages that result from a minor accessing the material harmful to minors, including court costs and reasonable attorney fees.”",
      "source_type": "official",
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      "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
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      "evidence_quote": "A commercial entity that violates subsection A of this section is liable to an individual for the damages that result from a minor accessing the material harmful to minors, including court costs and reasonable attorney fees.",
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      "id": "learn_r244_arizona_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_arizona_18_701_hb2133_veto",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Whether HB2133 became law",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] HB2133 (57th Legislature, 2026) was VETOED by the Governor and did NOT become law; therefore A.R.S. § 18-701 (from HB2586, 2024) is the only active age-verification statute",
      "body": "HB2133 (57th Legislature, 2026) was VETOED by the Governor and did NOT become law; therefore A.R.S. § 18-701 (from HB2586, 2024) is the only active age-verification statute\n\nWhat Arizona Legislature actually says:\n\n“Vetoed by the Governor”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/summary/H.HB2133_070726_VETOED.DOCX.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
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      "evidence_quote": "Vetoed by the Governor",
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      "subject": "HB2133 vetoed - not in force",
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      "id": "learn_r244_arizona_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_az_statute_anchor",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Arizona Revised Statutes: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Arizona statutory code section 18-701 is titled Internet pornography; age verification; prohibited data retention or transmission; verification methods; applicability; civil liability; attorney fees and costs; definitions.",
      "body": "Arizona statutory code section 18-701 is titled Internet pornography; age verification; prohibited data retention or transmission; verification methods; applicability; civil liability; attorney fees and costs; definitions.\n\nWhat Arizona State Legislature actually says:\n\n“18-701 - Internet pornography; age verification; prohibited data retention or transmission; verification methods; applicability; civil liability; attorney fees and costs; definitions”\n\nNote: Anchor record for A.R.S. 18-701.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/18/00701.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-09",
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      "evidence_quote": "18-701 - Internet pornography; age verification; prohibited data retention or transmission; verification methods; applicability; civil liability; attorney fees and costs; definitions",
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      "id": "learn_r244_arizona_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_az_statute_existence",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Arizona Revised Statutes: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Arizona has an age-verification statute in force codified at Arizona Revised Statutes Section 18-701.",
      "body": "Arizona has an age-verification statute in force codified at Arizona Revised Statutes Section 18-701.\n\nWhat Arizona State Legislature actually says:\n\n“18-701. Internet pornography; age verification; prohibited data retention or transmission; verification methods; applicability; civil liability; attorney fees and costs; definitions”\n\nNote: Confirms the existence of the Arizona age verification statute.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/18/00701.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-09",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Arizona Revised Statutes: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The statute binds a commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material on an internet website of which more than one-third is sexual material harmful to minors; an individual creator selling their own content falls inside it if they meet the definition of a commercial entity (such as a sole proprietorship or other legally recognized business entity).",
      "body": "The statute binds a commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material on an internet website of which more than one-third is sexual material harmful to minors; an individual creator selling their own content falls inside it if they meet the definition of a commercial entity (such as a sole proprietorship or other legally recognized business entity).\n\nWhat Arizona State Legislature actually says:\n\n“A. A commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material on an internet website, including a social media platform, of which more than one-third is sexual material that is harmful to minors shall use reasonable age verification methods to verify that an individual who attempts to access the material is eighteen years of age or older.”\n\nNote: Defines the scope of regulated entities.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/18/00701.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-09",
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      "evidence_quote": "A. A commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material on an internet website, including a social media platform, of which more than one-third is sexual material that is harmful to minors shall use reasonable age verification methods to verify that an individual who attempts to access the material is eighteen years of age or older.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Arizona Revised Statutes: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A commercial entity is defined to include a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship or other legally recognized business entity.",
      "body": "A commercial entity is defined to include a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship or other legally recognized business entity.\n\nWhat Arizona State Legislature actually says:\n\n“1. \"Commercial entity\" includes a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship or other legally recognized business entity.”\n\nNote: Statutory definition of commercial entity.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/18/00701.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-09",
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      "evidence_quote": "1. \"Commercial entity\" includes a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship or other legally recognized business entity.",
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      "id": "learn_r244_arizona_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_az_statute_threshold",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Arizona Revised Statutes: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The statutory duty is triggered when more than one-third of the material published or distributed on an internet website by a commercial entity is sexual material that is harmful to minors.",
      "body": "The statutory duty is triggered when more than one-third of the material published or distributed on an internet website by a commercial entity is sexual material that is harmful to minors.\n\nWhat Arizona State Legislature actually says:\n\n“A. A commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material on an internet website, including a social media platform, of which more than one-third is sexual material that is harmful to minors shall use reasonable age verification methods to verify that an individual who attempts to access the material is eighteen years of age or older.”\n\nNote: Content volume threshold for triggering age verification.",
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      "source_link": "https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/18/00701.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-09",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
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      "evidence_quote": "A. A commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material on an internet website, including a social media platform, of which more than one-third is sexual material that is harmful to minors shall use reasonable age verification methods to verify that an individual who attempts to access the material is eighteen years of age or older.",
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    {
      "id": "learn_r244_arizona_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_az_statute_verification_methods_intro",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Arizona Revised Statutes: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Commercial entities or third-party verification entities must require individuals to use digital identification or commercial age verification systems that do not transmit identifying information to government entities.",
      "body": "Commercial entities or third-party verification entities must require individuals to use digital identification or commercial age verification systems that do not transmit identifying information to government entities.\n\nWhat Arizona State Legislature actually says:\n\n“B. A commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material on an internet website or a third-party entity that performs age verification pursuant to this section shall require an individual to do either of the following:”\n\nNote: Introductory provision for age verification methods.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Arizona Revised Statutes: Safety.privacy",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Commercial entities and third-party age verification entities are prohibited from retaining any identifying information of individuals or transmitting identifying information to federal, state, or local government entities.",
      "body": "Commercial entities and third-party age verification entities are prohibited from retaining any identifying information of individuals or transmitting identifying information to federal, state, or local government entities.\n\nWhat Arizona State Legislature actually says:\n\n“C. A commercial entity or a third-party entity that performs the age verification that is required by this section may not retain any identifying information of the individual and may not cause or allow any identifying information of the individual to be directly or indirectly transmitted to any federal, state or local government entity.”\n\nNote: Prohibition on retaining or transmitting user identifying information.",
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      "evidence_quote": "C. A commercial entity or a third-party entity that performs the age verification that is required by this section may not retain any identifying information of the individual and may not cause or allow any identifying information of the individual to be directly or indirectly transmitted to any federal, state or local government entity.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Arizona Revised Statutes: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The statute explicitly exempts bona fide news or public interest broadcasts, website videos, reports, or events and protects news-gathering organization rights.",
      "body": "The statute explicitly exempts bona fide news or public interest broadcasts, website videos, reports, or events and protects news-gathering organization rights.\n\nWhat Arizona State Legislature actually says:\n\n“D. This section does not apply to a bona fide news or public interest broadcast, website video, report or event and may not be construed to affect the rights of a news-gathering organization.”\n\nNote: Exemption for news and public interest.",
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      "evidence_quote": "D. This section does not apply to a bona fide news or public interest broadcast, website video, report or event and may not be construed to affect the rights of a news-gathering organization.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Arizona Revised Statutes: Safety.legal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Internet service providers, search engines, and cloud service providers are protected from liability solely for providing access, transmission, or connection to content they did not create.",
      "body": "Internet service providers, search engines, and cloud service providers are protected from liability solely for providing access, transmission, or connection to content they did not create.\n\nWhat Arizona State Legislature actually says:\n\n“E. An internet service provider, or its affiliates or subsidiaries, a search engine or a cloud service provider may not be held to have violated this section solely for providing access or connection to or from a website or other information or content on the internet or on a facility, system or network not under that internet service provider's control, including transmission, downloading, intermediate storage, access software or other services to the extent that the internet service provider or search engine is not responsible for the creation of the content that constitutes sexual material that is harmful to minors.”\n\nNote: Exemption for ISPs, search engines, and cloud providers.",
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      "evidence_quote": "E. An internet service provider, or its affiliates or subsidiaries, a search engine or a cloud service provider may not be held to have violated this section solely for providing access or connection to or from a website or other information or content on the internet or on a facility, system or network not under that internet service provider's control, including transmission, downloading, intermediate storage, access software or other services to the extent that the internet service provider or search engine is not responsible for the creation of the content that constitutes sexual material that is harmful to minors.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Arizona Revised Statutes: Rules.enforcement",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Enforcement is through a private right of action by parents/guardians or individuals whose data was improperly handled, with statutory penalties up to $10,000 per day of violation, $10,000 per improper data instance, and an additional $250,000 if minors access the material.",
      "body": "Enforcement is through a private right of action by parents/guardians or individuals whose data was improperly handled, with statutory penalties up to $10,000 per day of violation, $10,000 per improper data instance, and an additional $250,000 if minors access the material.\n\nWhat Arizona State Legislature actually says:\n\n“F. The parent or guardian of a minor who accesses material harmful to minors and a person whose identifying information was retained or transmitted because of an entity's violation of this section has a right of action against the offending entity. The court may award a successful plaintiff in an action brought pursuant to this section a penalty for a violation of this section: 1. In an amount equal to not more than the total, if applicable, of both of the following: (a) $10,000 per day that the entity operates an internet website in violation of the age verification requirements of this section. (b) $10,000 per instance when the entity retains or transmits identifying information in violation of subsection C of this section. 2. For an additional amount of not more than $250,000 if, because of the entity's violation of the age verification requirements of this section, one or more minors accesses sexual material that is harmful to minors.”\n\nNote: Civil enforcement mechanism and penalties.",
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      "evidence_quote": "F. The parent or guardian of a minor who accesses material harmful to minors and a person whose identifying information was retained or transmitted because of an entity's violation of this section has a right of action against the offending entity. The court may award a successful plaintiff in an action brought pursuant to this section a penalty for a violation of this section: 1. In an amount equal to not more than the total, if applicable, of both of the following: (a) $10,000 per day that the entity operates an internet website in violation of the age verification requirements of this section. (b) $10,000 per instance when the entity retains or transmits identifying information in violation of subsection C of this section. 2. For an additional amount of not more than $250,000 if, because of the entity's violation of the age verification requirements of this section, one or more minors accesses sexual material that is harmful to minors.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Arizona Revised Statutes: Rules.enforcement",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Judicial penalty determinations must consider the seriousness of the violation, previous violation history, deterrence, economic impact on the offending entity, knowledge of violation, and other equitable factors.",
      "body": "Judicial penalty determinations must consider the seriousness of the violation, previous violation history, deterrence, economic impact on the offending entity, knowledge of violation, and other equitable factors.\n\nWhat Arizona State Legislature actually says:\n\n“G. The court shall determine the amount of a penalty that is imposed pursuant to this section based on all of the following factors: 1. The seriousness of the violation, including the nature, circumstances, extent and gravity of the violation. 2. The history of previous violations. 3. The amount necessary to deter a future violation. 4. The economic effect of a penalty on the entity on whom the penalty will be imposed. 5. The entity's knowledge that the act constituted a violation of this section. 6. Any other matter that justice may require.”\n\nNote: Factors for court penalty assessment.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Arizona Revised Statutes: Money.fees",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Successful plaintiffs in enforcement actions are entitled to recover reasonable and necessary attorney fees and costs.",
      "body": "Successful plaintiffs in enforcement actions are entitled to recover reasonable and necessary attorney fees and costs.\n\nWhat Arizona State Legislature actually says:\n\n“H. A successful plaintiff may recover reasonable and necessary attorney fees and costs that are incurred in an action under this section.”\n\nNote: Attorney fees and costs recovery.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Arizona Revised Statutes: Safety.privacy",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] All personally identifiable information of users, including names, must be redacted prior to production in any action brought under the statute.",
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