Utah Won't Enforce VPN Age-Verification Law Until Legal Challenge Resolves
The state was the first to target VPN usage in the wake of age verification laws.
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Utah authorities have agreed, at least temporarily, that they won't enforce a law targeting VPN usage in the state. The state's Department of Commerce has said it won't enforce the measure, which went into effect Thursday, while it waits for a federal judge to rule on a legal challenge, Fox 13 News reports.
Utah became the first state in the US to pass a law targeting VPN usage earlier this year as part of a broader crackdown on adult content. Known as SB 73, the measure was positioned by the state's legislature as "amendments" to its age verification law. The law includes a provision that states that any person physically in the state "is considered to be accessing the website from this state" regardless of whether they are using a VPN. It...
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