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MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

Utah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checks

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Utah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checks

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Senate Bill 73 holds websites liable for users who mask their location.
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    People seem worried that this will be applied to everyone. In reality what’s going to happen is websites will just block Utah.

    This has been proven with the age requirements in quite a few places.

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      The new law basically says “We don’t care where the user appears to be from, you have to assume they are from Utah”. Blocking Utah doesn’t help.

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      The pornhub treatment.

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    I guess the only way to do this is to only allow users from the location that has age checks. I think the governments really want to have an internet segregated by nation.

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    The effect of this law is to make Utah law apply everywhere. Other states should play similar games. Require an age check to view Mormon content, make websites liable for serving Mormon content to underage users even through a VPN.

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    “We need to ban VPNs! To protect the Children!”

    Government small enough to fit in your bedroom.

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      Not only into the bedroom, they even fit into your panties 💖

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        Point/Counterpoint

        https://theonion.com/u-s-out-of-my-uterus-vs-we-must-deploy-troops-to-jess-1819594277/

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          Pop some out for America 🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾

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    Stop using those websites. If the business stops, someone will make a replacement.

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    This has been posted a lot. GOOD LUCK.

    Another law passed by those who are clueless about what they’re doing!

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    How is this even supposed to work?

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    Typo in the title: it should say, In an attempt to not be tracked by everybody and every company Is why they are using VPNs.

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