Publishes adult content, in Missouri

15 CSR 60-18.010 to 15 CSR 60-18.070, authority section 407.020, RSMo Supp. 2025, and section 407.145, RSMo 2016 · Read the law's page

• Applies to a commercial entity that operates a website, application, or self-contained sexual content segment where 33 percent or more of the content is pornographic for minors.
• Perform reasonable age verification of users as 18 or older; operating without it is an unfair practice under the Merchandising Practices Act.

Mo. Rev. Stat. Sec. 573.570 · Read the law's page

• Do not disclose, or threaten to disclose, a realistic digitally created or altered depiction of an identifiable person's intimate body parts, bodily sexual fluids, or sexually explicit conduct, if you intend to harass, threaten, or harm that person, or know or recklessly disregard that disclosure will cause them harm.
• A disclaimer that the depiction is unauthorized or fabricated is not a defense.
• The offense is more serious on a second or subsequent violation, or where the depiction could affect a government or election proceeding or facilitate violence.
• If you operate an interactive computer service, you are not liable under this statute for good-faith efforts to restrict access to such depictions or for giving others the technical means to do so.

Mo. Rev. Stat. Secs. 573.010, 573.023 to 573.037 · Read the law's page

• Do not create, possess with intent to promote, or promote a computer-generated or AI-generated image that is, or is indistinguishable from, an actual minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; Missouri's child sexual abuse material definition covers such synthetic images the same as real photographs.
• Knowingly promoting such material to a minor is a more serious offense than promoting it to an adult.
• This statute does not require you to monitor users or their communications if you operate an electronic communication or remote computing service.

Section 407.3405, RSMo, as created by 2026 Mo. Laws, HCS HBs 1839, 2921 & 3015 · Read the law's page

• Signed on July 9, 2026 and in force since 28 August 2026.
• Applies to a commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material on an internet website, including a social media platform, more than one-third of which is sexual material harmful to minors.
• Use a third party to perform reasonable age verification, confirming that an individual attempting to access the material is eighteen years of age or older.
• The third party that performs the age verification must not retain any identifying information of the individual.