Is adult content age-verified in West Virginia?
Yes — West Virginia has an age-verification law in force (West Virginia age-verification law, effective 2026-06-12). The census has not probed from West Virginia yet, so no access measurement is shown.
West Virginia age-verification law — HB 4412
in force age verification required effective 2026-06-12
Requires commercial sites where more than one-third of content is sexual material harmful to minors to verify users are 18+ using a government ID, digital ID, or another approved age-verification method, and bars retention of data collected for age checks. Approved by the Governor on 1 April 2026; effective 90 days after passage.
Primary source: West Virginia Legislature
Summary source: www.wvlegislature.gov · record updated 2026-09-20
Measured from West Virginia
Not probed from West Virginia yet.
Network blocking (OONI)
No OONI anomalies recorded for tracked sites in West Virginia in the latest 30-day window.
Source monitoring: the cited source page was last checked 2026-11-01; last content change detected 2026-11-01.