Post #1994602
2026-05-02 04:15 UTC
"By holding companies liable for verifying the age of anyone physically in Utah, even those using a VPN, the law creates a massive 'liability trap'…if a website cannot reliably detect a VPN user's true location and the law requires it…then the legal risk could push the site to either ban all known VPN IPs, or to mandate age verification…globally. This would subject millions of users to invasive identity checks or blocks to their VPN use…"
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/utahs-new-law-regulating-vpns-goes-effect-next-week
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@Eurospoofer@mastodon.social 2026-05-02 07:06
@anirvan I think it more likely people will just avoid such sites, effectively cutting off Utah from the rest of the world, as a place to host websites