It doesn’t prevent adults from viewing pornography but instead mandates they first confirm their age, he added.
#P o r n h u b verification
Weiler, a Republican, said the law is similar to others that require age verification to purchase alcohol, cigarettes or vaping products. “They’re going to try to put the pressure on me and other legislators to repeal this, and I don’t think that’s going to work.” Pornhub’s response to the law was “ridiculous,” Weiler said. But he said the law was intentionally left “open-ended” to allow websites to use methods including hiring third-party age verification services or using digital identification cards from a state-approved application.ĭeVille, the adult performer in Pornhub’s video message, said the new law will drive users to websites that have fewer safety measures in place and suggested Utah instead use “ device-based verification.” That method uses a specific device, such as a smartphone or laptop, to verify a person’s identity and allows access to age-restricted materials on that particular device. Part of the marketing for many commercial VPNs is centered on the idea that you can, for instance, watch shows on overseas streaming services that you can’t watch in America.Companies cannot comply with the law by having internet users self-attest to being 18 or older, as many websites with pornography and other adult content already do, according to Weiler. VPNs allow users to basically shield their device’s web address by making that device appear to be in a different country. Neither SB 287 nor Pornhub has acknowledged that the new law can be very easily skirted by children and adults by using a virtual private network, or a VPN. “Until a real solution is offered, we have made the difficult decision to completely disable access to our website in Utah,” said DeVille. Instead, the adult entertainment giant says verification should be done on a device-by-device basis instead of collecting government IDs, though their statement does not explain how they would achieve this. The site argues that by keeping people from accessing Pornhub, they will be driven instead to sites that simply choose not to comply with the law and that may, in fact, be more dangerous for children and adults alike. Pornhub, for its part, argues in its statement that “giving your ID card every time you want to visit an adult platform is not the most effective solution for protecting our users, and in fact, will put children and your privacy at risk.” The main difference, however, is that unlike Louisiana, Utah’s digital ID system does not currently allow for online verifications.
The bill was based, in part, on a similar piece of legislation passed in Louisiana. Spencer Cox passed and signed Senate Bill 287, which requires adult sites to use some sort of age-verification system to keep underage viewers from seeing pornographic content. Utahns who attempt to go to the site today will instead be driven to a black page with a statement from the site’s management and a short video featuring adult actress Cherie DeVille explaining why the site cannot be accessed.Įarlier this year, the Utah legislature and Gov. SALT LAKE CITY ( ABC4) - has denied Utah residents access to their site as a response to the state’s new age verification laws which go into effect today, May 2.
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