Applicability of This Rule

PURPOSE: This rule provides exceptions for certain entities with regard to the age-verification requirements contained in this chapter. (1) The provisions of 15 CSR 60-18.010 through 15 CSR 60-18.070 do not apply to a bona fide news or public interest broadcast, news recording, report, or event and shall not be construed to affect the rights of a news-gathering organization. (2) An internet service provider, or its affiliates or subsidiaries, a search engine, or a cloud service provider shall not be held to have violated this rulemaking 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 provider’s control, including transmission, downloading, intermediate storage, access software, or other services to the extent the provider or search engine is not responsible for the creation of the content that constitutes material pornographic to minors. AUTHORITY: section 407.020, RSMo Supp. 2025, and section 407.145, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed April 10, 2025, effective Nov. 30, 2025. *Original authority: 407.020, RSMo 1967, amended 1973, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2008, 2014, 2020, and 407.145, RSMo 1986, amended 1993.