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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 (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Web services and websites should block all Utah IP addresses

That won't work on a VPN, though. The VPN will say the user is coming from outside the state. That's the whole point of the VPN.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

right, meaning everybody will need to get a VPN, defeating the purpose of the law