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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 11-77 (SB 2346, 2023): Age verification duty for adult-content sites",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material harmful to minors from a website containing a substantial portion of such material is liable if it fails to perform reasonable age verification.",
      "body": "A commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material harmful to minors from a website containing a substantial portion of such material is liable if it fails to perform reasonable age verification.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“Any commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material harmful to minors on the internet from a website that contains a substantial portion of such material shall be held liable if the entity fails to perform reasonable age verification methods”\n\nNote: Enacted 2023 (approved by Governor). Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 11-77 (SB 2346, 2023): 'Minor' means under 18",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The act defines a minor as any person under the age of 18.",
      "body": "The act defines a minor as any person under the age of 18.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“means any person under the age of eighteen (18) years.”\n\nNote: Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 11-77 (SB 2346, 2023): Acceptable verification methods",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Verification methods include a digitized identification card or a commercial system using government ID or commercially reasonable public or private transactional data.",
      "body": "Verification methods include a digitized identification card or a commercial system using government ID or commercially reasonable public or private transactional data.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“Provide a digitized identification card; (ii) Require the person attempting to access the material to comply with a commercial age verification system that verifies in one or more of the following ways: 1. Government-issued identification; or 2. Any commercially reasonable method that relies on public or private transactional data to verify the age of the person attempting to access the information is at least eighteen (18) years of age or older.”\n\nNote: Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 11-77 (SB 2346, 2023): Sole proprietorships are 'commercial entities'",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Commercial entity includes sole proprietorships and LLCs.",
      "body": "Commercial entity includes sole proprietorships and LLCs.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“includes corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, limited partnerships, sole proprietorships, or other legally recognized entities.”\n\nNote: Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 11-77 (SB 2346, 2023): No retention of identifying information",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Whoever performs the verification may not retain identifying information after access is granted.",
      "body": "Whoever performs the verification may not retain identifying information after access is granted.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“shall not retain any identifying information of the individual after access has been granted to the material.”\n\nNote: Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 11-77 (SB 2346, 2023): News exemption",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The act does not apply to bona fide news or public-interest broadcasts, website video, reports or events.",
      "body": "The act does not apply to bona fide news or public-interest broadcasts, website video, reports or events.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“The provisions of this act shall not apply to any bona fide news or public interest broadcast, website video, report, or event”\n\nNote: Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 11-77-6 (HB 599, 2025): Civil liability for obscene or child-exploitation matter online",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] From 2025 a commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes obscene matter or child-exploitation matter on the internet may be liable for damages including noneconomic damages up to $500,000.",
      "body": "From 2025 a commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes obscene matter or child-exploitation matter on the internet may be liable for damages including noneconomic damages up to $500,000.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“A commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes obscene matter or matter that depicts, describes or promotes child pornography or child sexual exploitation on the Internet may be held liable to an individual for nominal damages, actual damages, noneconomic damages up to Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00), court costs and reasonable attorney fees as ordered by the court.”\n\nNote: Enacted 2025 (approved by Governor).",
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      "source_link": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0599SG.htm",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act (HB 1126, 2024): Age registration and parental consent on social platforms",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A digital service provider may not create an account unless the person has registered their age and must make commercially reasonable efforts to verify it.",
      "body": "A digital service provider may not create an account unless the person has registered their age and must make commercially reasonable efforts to verify it.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“A digital service provider may not enter into an agreement with a person to create an account with a digital service unless the person has registered the person's age with the digital service provider.”\n\nNote: Enacted 2024 (approved by Governor).",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act (HB 1126, 2024): Scope limited to social-interaction services",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The act applies only to a digital service provider whose service lets users interact, create profiles and post content viewable by other users.",
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