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Pornhub Blocks All of Utah from Its Site

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Re: Pornhub Blocks All of Utah from Its Site

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I suspect this is the preferred solution for the legislature. At no effort of their own the problem has disappeared. And disappeared in such a way that nobody can participate. (Dup)

I also suspect that there are more legislators than you'd think becoming very well acquainted with VPNs right now.

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I suspect this is the preferred solution for the legislature. At no effort of their own the problem has disappeared. And disappeared in such a way that nobody can participate. (Dup)

What problem has disappeared? There are still millions of porn sites accessible by Utahans of any age, no?

(This is a genuine question. I’m not trying to be snippy, or even to disagree, just seeking clarification).

Re: Pornhub Blocks All of Utah from Its Site

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I suspect this is the preferred solution for the legislature. At no effort of their own the problem has disappeared. And disappeared in such a way that nobody can participate. (Dup)

What problem has disappeared? There are still millions of porn sites accessible by Utahans of any age, no? (This is a genuine question. I’m not trying to be snippy, or even to disagree, just seeking clarification).

Yes, but I imagine that other porn sites are going to block Utah as well. That being said, nothing's really going to change unless Utah bans VPNs as well.

Re: Pornhub Blocks All of Utah from Its Site

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So, keeping score, that's 1 website that has chosen to block the entire state versus 0 that have decided to comply with Utah's strict social media regulations. I wonder if other companies might do the same?

Yeah, it'll be much more interesting next year when the social media regulations go into affect.

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How do state laws such as this not contradict federal interstate commerce laws?

Serious answer, because in order for federal law to supersede state law they have to make their own law that "occupies the field" [1] or explicitly says in the law that it preempts state law.

[1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/occupy_the_field

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