The advice from the AG, Judith Collins, on the new Age Verification Bill gives it a big thumbs up and includes a scenario where it would be OK to restrict access to adult websites, even though the bill is targeted at social media, and none of the debate has mentioned adult websites.
Get ready to upload your ID to sketchy adult websites?
Social media is defined as:
That is an extremely wide net to cast. This covers everything from SMS (can post links and interact with others) right through to Facebook et al.
Makes it sound like almost any website could be "regulated" if this bill passes.
Potentially, c makes SMS and direct messaging exempt, as they may get around the "post messages to the platform" part.