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Utah: Anti-Porn Senator Becomes Unlikely Champion of Amateur Content
The indiscriminate zeal shown by Utah legislators trying to one-up each other in their efforts to criminalize depictions of sex through a variety of bill proposals has started to concern even some of the most hardcore anti-porn crusaders among them.
Utah: House Passes Controversial 'Porn Filter' Bill Overnight
On Wednesday, the Utah House of Representatives passed an amended version of a controversial bill that would mandate a default “porn filter” on any phones, computers, tablets or any other electronic devices sold in the state starting in 2022.
Utah: Mandatory 'Porn Filter' Bill Clears Committee, Heads to House Floor
The controversial Utah bill mandating a “porn filter” on every electronic device sold in the state finally passed out of committee by a narrow 6-5 vote and is headed to the House of Representatives' floor.
Utah Bills Reflect State's Contradictions About Consent
Within the space of several days recently, Utah legislators moved forward with a bill intended to explicitly criminalize the sharing of private sexually explicit photos without the consent of the people depicted, and at the same time defeated a proposal that would include the teaching of consent in the state’s sex education curriculum.
Utah: Religiously Inspired NCOSE Speaks to House Committee in Support of 'Porn Block'
A Utah House of Representatives committee meeting yesterday to discuss a lawmaker’s proposal requiring all “new electronic devices” sold in the state to have pornography filters turned on by default, featured a presentation by a representative of religiously-inspired anti-porn lobby NCOSE.
Utah Lawmaker Reintroduces Bill Mandating Default 'Porn Blocks' on All Devices
Utah politicians continue their periodic attempts to pass hard-to-enforce state bills — allegedly to protect the citizenry from a made-up “public health crisis” around porn — with a new bill introduced to the legislature this week requiring “new electronic devices” to have pornography filters turned on by default.
Latest Censorship Proposal by Utah Politician Fails to Pass Committee Hearing
A proposal that would require smartphones and computers to have pre-installed porn-blocking software, and to have it activated as the default option when sold to Utahns, was quashed yesterday during a committee hearing at the state's Business and Labor Interim Committee.
Utah Legislative Panel Stages Peculiar Anti-Porn Hearing
A Utah legislative panel last week — convened by GOP state lawmakers following a campaign of disinformation by conservative activists — culminated with misleading pronouncements about the supposed availability of “obscene material harmful to minors” in educational databases in the state, and with a call to press criminal charges against the makers of those databases.
FSC Releases Policy Statement Regarding Utah's 'Porn Warning' Law
Adult industry trade group the Free Speech Coalition (FSC) has released a policy statement clarifying their position on Utah’s “porn warning” law.
Utah Passes Law Requiring Warning Label for Adult Content
The State of Utah has passed legislation that mandates all adult content carry a specific warning label.
Utah Legislator Behind Anti-Porn Bill Once Penned Defense of Homophobic Speech
Brady Brammer, the Utah legislator who is sponsoring the current bill that would force all "obscene material" distributed in the state, including via the internet, to attach an unnecessary and unconstitutional warning that the material "may damage or negatively impact minors," authored a 2006 essay arguing for the equivalence of gay rights speech and religiously inspired homophobic speech, and asking for the latter to be protected.
FSC Issues Statement on Utah Adult Warning Label Bill
The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) has released a statement regarding Utah HB243, which would require all adult content in the state to include a warning label. The bill has now passed both the Utah House and Senate.
Utah Statehouse Passes Adult Content Warning Label Legislation
The Utah legislature passed a bill on Tuesday to put warning labels on pornography, bringing immediate condemnation from the Free Speech Coalition.
FSC Releases Policy Statement Regarding Proposed Utah Censorship Bill
The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) has released a policy statement regarding Utah's proposed censorship legislation mandating labeling of "pornographic" material.
Utah Legislature Moves to Mandate Warning Labels on Porn
Utah’s lawmakers are at it again, this time calling for mandatory warning labels on all pornography distributed within the state.
Utah Supreme Court Upholds Licensing Laws for Escorts
The Utah Supreme Court last week upheld laws requiring escorts and sexually oriented businesses to have licenses in every city they work in.
Utah Ordered to Pay $475K in Legal Fees From 1st Amendment Case
A federal judge has ordered the state of Utah to pay more than $475,000 in legal fees after officials fined a theater and threatened to rescind its liquor license under a law that bans serving alcohol during movies with simulated sex or full-frontal nudity.
Utah State Bar Emails Naked Boobs Pic to All 11,000 Members
The Utah State Bar is continuing its probe after a photo of a topless woman was sent to each one of the state’s lawyers in an email intended to advertise its spring convention.
New Utah Law Opens Adult Sites to Lawsuits
Utah has become the first state to allow civil lawsuits against distributors of adult content for mental and physical damages incurred by minors accessing such material.
Utah Governor Seeks $50K to Fight Porn
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has asked the state Legislature to allocate $50,000 in taxpayer funds to the Utah Coalition Against Pornography.