An adult entertainment industry group has filed a lawsuit challenging a new Utah law that requires porn websites to implement age verification mechanisms to block minors from accessing sexually explicit materials. The law took effect Wednesday, making Ut
Porn sites aren’t the only ones to face calls for age verification. State and federal lawmakers have increasingly pushed to mandate a minimum age for social media use, too. Last week, US senators proposed a nationwide ban on social media use for children under 13. Age requirements for socia...
Pornhub has blocked all users in Utah in protest of the state’s online age verification law that’s set to go into effect on Wednesday,as reported earlier byVice. Users trying to access Porhub from Utah won’t be able to access any content and will instead see a message read by adult...
A trade group for the porn industry is calling on a Utah federal court to pause enforcement of the state’s new law requiring visitors of sites like Pornhub to prove their age before watching adult content.
The battle brewing over Utah’s new law requiring visitors to sites like Pornhub to verify their age before watching adult content is set to spread across the US as other states pursue similar measures.
Viewers first received a notice that read “403 | This state is not whitelisted” when attempting to access the site,the outlet reported. Later, the notice waschangedto a longer explanation from porn actress Cherie DeVille. Pornhub is now blocking all Utahns from viewing the site in an apparen...
The laws are the latest effort from Utah lawmakers focused on the fragility of children in the digital age. Two years ago, Cox signed legislation that called on tech companies to automatically blockpornon cellphones and tablets sold in the state, after arguments about the dangers it posed to ...
“The idea of teenage boys watching my porn makes me want to vomit, and I know my colleagues share my sentiment,” writes porn superstar Cherie DeVille.
Meanwhile, according to Google Trends, searches for “Utah Age Verification Law” have increased by 4,300% since the start of May. “Utah Porn Law” comes in second with a 1,100% increase in searches.
SALT LAKE CITY (KTVX)— Pornhub.com has denied Utah residents access to its site in response to the state’s new age verification law. Utahns who attempt to go to the site will instead be driven to a black page with a statement from the site’s management and a short video featuri...