犹他州在线年龄验证法案生效，面临隐私担忧
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Salt Lake City — Utah enacted Senate Bill 73, the Online Age Verification Amendments, signed by Governor Spencer Cox on March 19, and the law takes effect on May 6. The statute requires websites that host a substantial portion of content harmful to minors to verify user ages and treats anyone physically located in Utah as an in-state user even if they employ a VPN or proxy. This week the measure drew immediate pushback from privacy advocates and industry: NordVPN described the requirement as an unresolvable compliance paradox and the Electronic Frontier Foundation warned the law could intrude on VPN privacy. Covered sites now face potential liability and new verification duties under a threshold cited as 33 percent for adult content, and stakeholders are assessing technical and legal implications ahead of May 6 enforcement.
Prepared by Lauren Mitchell and reviewed by editorial team.
Timeline of Events
- 2023年：犹他州颁布参议院法案第287号，初步规定了年龄验证的要求。
- 2026年3月19日：州长斯宾塞·考克斯签署参议院法案第73号并成为法律。
- 签署后：NordVPN和电子前沿基金会公开批评该法案。
- 2026年5月6日：参议院法案第73号定于在犹他州全面生效。
- 2026年5月6日之后：符合内容阈值的网站将面临新的验证和责任要求。
Why This Matters to You
如果您身处犹他州并使用 VPN，这项法律将对您产生影响。这意味着包含成人内容的网站必须验证您的年龄。即使您正在使用 VPN，您仍被视为州内用户。立即查看您的 VPN 隐私政策。
The Bottom Line
犹他州的新法律引起了隐私担忧。它对某些网站施加了新的义务，并可能影响 VPN 用户。如果您认识重视在线隐私的人，值得转发。
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犹他州立法者和更严格的在线年龄验证的倡导者获得了一个法律机制，旨在通过扩大执法工具和责任规定来减少未成年人访问受限内容。
隐私倡导者、VPN 提供商以及一些网站运营商在新条款下面临着日益增加的合规负担、潜在的法律责任，以及对隐私侵犯和技术可行性的担忧。
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