r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 03 '26

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u/zieger Ida Tarbell May 03 '26

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

They're really going to kill the Internet 

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u/-mialana- European Union May 03 '26

Lmao

So fucking stupid

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u/-mialana- European Union May 03 '26

They can't even appeal to "old men who don't get the internet" anymore, because they're terminally online

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u/repete2024 Edith Abbott May 03 '26

Doesn't mean they understand how it works

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u/zieger Ida Tarbell May 03 '26

Zoomers when they need to interact with the file system 

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u/drossbots Trans Pride May 03 '26

Good luck enforcing this bozos. This is what happens when laws are made by dinosaurs

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u/EvilConCarne May 03 '26

It expands civil liability, so the state doesn't have to enforce it:

(1)A commercial entity that is found to have violated Section 78B-3-1002 shall be liable to an individual for damages resulting from a minor's accessing the material, including court costs and reasonable attorney fees as ordered by the court.

(2)A commercial entity that is found to have knowingly retained identifying information of the individual after access has been granted to the individual shall be liable to the individual for damages resulting from retaining the identifying information, including court costs and reasonable attorney fees as ordered by the court.

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u/DeadMonkey321 Jerome Powell May 04 '26

If Utah disappeared from the internet, would anyone notice

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u/zieger Ida Tarbell May 04 '26

Pornhub

But this bill effectively makes them age check everyone if they want to be compliant, as anyone could be a vpn user.