Utah Won’t Enforce New VPN Rules for Pornhub’s Parent Company as Litigation Continues
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Utah won’t enforce new VPN rules for Pornhub’s parent company as litigation continues
Utah won’t enforce a new law requiring pornography websites to verify users’ ages even if they hide their location. But the state says the exception is only temporary and just for Pornhub’s parent company as litigation over Utah’s restrictions on adult content websites unfolds. Years of legislation and legal fights between Utah and Aylo Freesites, […]
Utah put SB 73 into effect on September 3, considered the first U.S. state law explicitly directed against the use of VPNs to evade age verification controls. The law requires certain sites to identify users who are physically within the state even if they hide their location, and provides fines of up to $2,500 for infringement.
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Privacy advocates say the law raises First Amendment questions the courts have yet to address.
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