(Online Dating Industry Journal) The Internet Predator Awareness and Online Safety Act, previously referred to as HB411 is now being referred to as SB1536. HB411 is now moving forward as a library online safety bill while the Internet Predator Awareness and Online Safety Act is sitting in Criminal Justice.
With the Florida legislative session set to end on May 2, a lot will have to happen in order for the Internet Predator Awareness and Online Safety Act to become law.
The bill is controversial as it is one of several attempts, by a handful of states, to regulate online dating services and the way they operate by requiring them to do background checks of members or prominently post, with specific verbiage, that they don't. Since different states (like New Jersey) have different requirements, it only brings confusion to the industry as more than one state passes variations of online dating background check Bills.
The NetChoice Coalition recently filed an opposition letter to the Florida bill saying that the bill has several flaws in addition to interfering with techniques online dating services are currently working on for safety.
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HB - House Bill
SB - Senate Bill
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