‘The Whole World Is Waking Up’: Anti-Porn Age Verification Laws See Sweeping Success Nationwide
June 19, 2024
Pop music star Billie Eilish made headlines in 2019 when she revealed that she was exposed to pornography at a young age.
“I think porn is a disgrace. I used to watch a lot of porn, to be honest. I started watching porn when I was, like, 11,” she said. “I think it really destroyed my brain and I feel incredibly devastated that I was exposed to so much porn.”
For many, Eilish’s disclosure was the first time they realized that exposure to pornography affects children as young as grade school. But many lawmakers and policy analysts thought there wasn’t anything the government could do about it.
“The data is clear: This is something that is a problem for America's children,” Michael Toscano, executive director of the Institute for Family Studies, told the Register. “What we were finding was so disastrous that we thought, ‘We have to do something about it.’”
