
Utah Is Just a Glimpse of What It’ll Take to Access Porn In the Future
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3mnqx/utah-age-verification-pornhub-xhamster-laws
As of Tuesday, many Utahns navigating to Pornhub were met with a notice that they can’t enter the website, and a video of adult performer Cherie DeVille gently explaining that thanks to their elected officials—specifically Republican Senator Todd Weiler and governor Spencer Cox—they are now completely banned from using the site.
All of the sites under the same ownership as Pornhub (formerly Mindgeek, now Canadian private equity firm Ethical Capital Partners), including Brazzers, Redtube, Youporn, and several others, have also pulled out of Utah, with a message: “Please contact your representatives before it is too late and demand device-based verification solutions that make the internet safer while also respecting your privacy.”