| Court agrees with EFF: Utah's VPN law demands a technical impossibility(eff.org) | |
| 799 points by hn_acker 12 days ago | 401 comments | |
tl;dr: A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking Utah's SB 73, a law requiring adult websites to detect VPN users and geolocate visitors to enforce age verification. The court ruled the law imposes de facto strict liability by demanding "geolocation perfection" that isn't technically possible, forcing sites to either verify every user worldwide or block Utah entirely—likely violating the Constitution's limits on regulating out-of-state commerce. Utah lawmakers may revise the law next session, but the ruling sets a precedent against similar anti-VPN proposals in other states. | |
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