Utah law requiring age verification for porn sites remains in effect after judge tosses lawsuit

by SAM METZ | Associated Press

Thu, August 3rd 2023, 1:01 AM UTC

FILE - The Utah State Capitol is shown on March 3, 2023, in Salt Lake City. A judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, that was brought by adult entertainers, erotica authors and sex educators challenging Utah's law requiring porn and other adult websites verify user ages. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

FILE - Republican state Sen. Todd Weiler looks on as he sits on the Senate floor on March 2, 2023, at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. A judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, that was brought by adult entertainers, erotica authors and sex educators challenging Utah's law requiring porn and other adult websites verify user ages. Sen. Weiler, the age verification law's Republican sponsor, said after the dismissal that he was unsurprised that the lawsuit was dismissed. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Utah's new laws that took effect in 2023 require age verification for social media and adult websites, and they put hefty legal consequences in place for companies that don't verify their users' ages. (KUTV File Photo)

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FILE - The Utah State Capitol is shown on March 3, 2023, in Salt Lake City. A judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, that was brought by adult entertainers, erotica authors and sex educators challenging Utah's law requiring porn and other adult websites verify user ages. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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