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05-05-2026 08:31 AM |
It's official: Utah is the U.S. state closest to banning VPNs
It's official: Utah is the U.S. state closest to banning VPNs
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The law, which takes effect May 6, doesn't make VPNs illegal — but it's a blow to your rights, even if you don't live in Utah.
When Utah's Senate Bill 73 goes into force on May 6, websites subject to the state's age verification law will be legally barred from explaining how to use a VPN to get around age restrictions. They'll also be liable for enforcing age verification for any user within Utah's physical borders — regardless of their apparent virtual location.
Although these provisions appear to just be updates to the existing age verification law, they carry more far-reaching implications. For starters, forbidding businesses from even discussing VPNs on their websites feels very much like a First Amendment violation, though we'll have to wait for the inevitable court case to know for sure.
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