Pornographic internet websites: consent.

Assembly Member Dixon's legislation establishes new requirements for pornographic website operators in California to verify consent and age of individuals depicted in sexually explicit content. The measure requires users to submit sworn statements confirming that depicted individuals are adults who consented both to the sexual acts and to the content being uploaded online.

Under the bill's provisions, website operators must remove content within 48 hours if notified that a depicted person did not consent or was a minor when the content was created. The legislation defines pornographic websites as those where sexually explicit material comprises more than one-third of annual content. Operators who fail to obtain required consent verification statements face presumptive violations of the law.

The measure creates civil enforcement mechanisms allowing depicted individuals to sue operators and users for violations, with statutory damages up to $75,000 per incident. Public prosecutors may also pursue civil penalties of $25,000 per violation along with injunctive relief. The bill specifies that these remedies supplement rather than replace other legal recourse available to affected individuals.