LINCOLN- On Wednesday, the Legislature's Judiciary Committee heard testimony on Sen. Dave Murman's LB1092, which would require pornographic websites to digitally verify the age of its users. Murman said his goal in introducing the bill is to protect "our most vulnerable women and children."

"We're not trying to do something new here," he told the committee, "We're trying to do what's been done in other states...and what's been successful in other states." Sen. Carol Blood questioned the wisdom of considering a bill that could put Nebraskan's personal identifying information online, including that of those under 18 years of age.

"If we're going to violate people's civil liberties, and it's about safety, why are we legitimizing a surveillance regime?" asked Blood. Privacy advocates, including Jane Seu of the ACLU of Nebraska, described the proposal as an unconstitutionally broad burden on all internet users that would force people to "share identifying information to access content online," risking embarrassment.

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