Pornhub Beats Back Utah's Controversial VPN-Age Verification Law (For Now)
Pornhub’s parent company, Aylo, may be close to defeating a controversial age-verification rule in Utah that raised fears about a wider crackdown on VPNs. In April, Aylo sued to block a provision of Utah's Online Age Verification Amendments, meant to crack down on kids using VPNs to access adult content, arguing it was impossible to comply with. But local lawmakers later passed SB 73 to target kids using VPNs, which can conceal a user’s location, making it look like they're not in Utah.SB 73 called for imposing age verification on Utah users, even those "using a virtual private network, proxy server, or other means to disguise" their location.
- ▪Pornhub’s parent company, Aylo, may be close to defeating a controversial age-verification rule in Utah that raised fears about a wider crackdown on VPNs.
- ▪In April, Aylo sued to block a provision of Utah's Online Age Verification Amendments, meant to crack down on kids using VPNs to access adult content, arguing it was impossible to comply with.
- ▪But local lawmakers later passed SB 73 to target kids using VPNs, which can conceal a user’s location, making it look like they're not in Utah.SB 73 called for imposing age verification on Utah users, even those "using a virtual private net
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Pornhub’s parent company, Aylo, may be close to defeating a controversial age-verification rule in Utah that raised fears about a wider crackdown on VPNs. In April, Aylo sued to block a provision of Utah's Online Age Verification Amendments, meant to crack down on kids using VPNs to access adult content, arguing it was impossible to comply with. The company has since secured a “preliminary injunction” against the rule.On Thursday, the Electronic Frontier Foundation highlighted the legal win, noting the court seemed to agree that Utah’s age-verification requirement demanded a “technical impossibility.” You May Also Like window.videoEmbeds = window.videoEmbeds || []; let data = {}; data.excoPlayListId = '683dd703f27d5e38f3432230'; data.excoPlayListVideos =…
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