Legislative findings

Miss. Code Ann. § 11-77-1, under Civil Liability for Distribution of Material Harmful to Minors on the Internet Absent Age Verification.

Miss. Code Ann. § 11-77-1

(a) The Legislature finds that pornography contributes to:(a) The hyper sexualization of teens and prepubescent children and may lead to low self-esteem, body image disorders;(b) An increase in problematic sexual activity at younger ages, and increased desire among adolescents to engage in risky sexual behavior;(c) Difficulty in forming or maintaining positive, intimate relationships, as well as promoting problematic or harmful sexual behaviors and addiction; and(d) A negative impact brain development and functioning, contribute to emotional and medical illnesses, shape deviant sexual arousal.

(a) The hyper sexualization of teens and prepubescent children and may lead to low self-esteem, body image disorders;

(b) An increase in problematic sexual activity at younger ages, and increased desire among adolescents to engage in risky sexual behavior;

(c) Difficulty in forming or maintaining positive, intimate relationships, as well as promoting problematic or harmful sexual behaviors and addiction; and

(d) A negative impact brain development and functioning, contribute to emotional and medical illnesses, shape deviant sexual arousal.