After months of legal wrangling, Utah's Senate Bill 73, the first US law to explicitly target VPN use in the context of age verification, takes effect on September 3, 2026. Originally scheduled for May, the law was paused by a court injunction following a challenge from Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub.
Gizmodo · August 31, 2026
SB 73, formally titled the “Online Age Verification Amendments,” was signed by Utah Governor Spencer Cox on March 19, 2026, after passing the state Senate 22-2 and the House 66-1. The law targets commercial entities whose websites contain a substanti