{"id":301287,"date":"2021-03-24T15:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T19:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=301287"},"modified":"2021-03-24T15:00:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T19:00:49","slug":"utah-governor-signs-measure-to-require-porn-blocking-filters-on-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-governor-signs-measure-to-require-porn-blocking-filters-on-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Governor Signs Measure To Require Porn-Blocking Filters On Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futah-governor-signs-measure-to-require-porn-blocking-filters-on-devices%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=301287&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3240.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Republican Governor of Utah, Spencer Cox, signed a controversial piece of legislation on Tuesday requiring all smart phones and tablets sold in Utah to have filters that can block pornography.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Cox has said that the proposal would send an \u201cimportant message\u201d about prohibiting children from gaining access to explicit online material, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/utah-anti-porn-filter-phone-tablets-f8276e2f3e0d682bf7c317860acc2b3c\">Associated Press.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/le.utah.gov\/~2021\/bills\/hbillenr\/HB0072.pdf\">bill<\/a> states that it would require a smart phone or tablet sold in Utah and made \u201con or after January 1 of the year following the year this bill takes effect to, when activated in the state, automatically enable a filter capable of blocking material that is harmful to minors\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The filter on the device must \u201cprevent the user of the device from accessing material that is harmful to minors on the device; enable certain users to deactivate the filter for the device or for specific content; and notify the user when content is filtered,\u201d according to the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The measure will take effect on the first day of January following the day when at least five other states put forth similar laws and those laws take effect themselves, according to the bill\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/le.utah.gov\/~2021\/bills\/hbillenr\/HB0072.pdf\">language<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/utah-anti-porn-filter-phone-tablets-f8276e2f3e0d682bf7c317860acc2b3c\">AP<\/a> reports that this provision was included in order \u201cto address concerns that [the measure] would be difficult to implement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah said that the bill\u2019s constitutionality was not given enough thought and that it will probably go to the courts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is another example of the Legislature dodging the constitutional impacts of the legislation they pass,\u201d ACLU attorney Jason Groth said.<\/p>\n<p>Adult film star, Cherie DeVille, recently requested that Governor Cox veto the bill, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/a-porn-stars-open-letter-to-utah-republicans-on-their-xxx-cellphone-ban\">in a letter published in The Daily Beast<\/a> over the weekend. DeVille said that the measure would infringe on First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>While the bill specifically states that it will prevent children from viewing pornographic images, DeVille claimed in the letter that it would also prohibit adults from accessing porn on smartphones. DeVille wrote, \u201cConsidering Pornhub recorded 16 visits per capita in Utah in 2015, you would be upsetting many voters. More importantly, you would be violating consumers\u2019 and pornographers\u2019 free speech rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeVille made the argument that \u201cPorn is far from the most dangerous aspect of cellphones for kids. Studies show cellphones increase children\u2019s depression. If Utah strips porn from cellphones, kids can still log onto Grand Theft Auto and role-play as a violent murderer who shoots sex workers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeVille continued, \u201cIt\u2019s hard to believe your fellow Republicans are fighting to protect kids\u2019 eyes when they\u2019re OK with children consuming violent games, movies, and television shows. Stop using \u2018protect the children\u2019 when your real goal is to stop adults from watching porn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the filters are put onto the devices, adults would have the ability to turn them off if they wanted to do so. However, critics of the legislation still <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/utah-campaign-against-porn-phone-filter-plan-d2f3911b7887f2f145918d1718bf2504\">say<\/a> that it has some legal hurdles.<\/p>\n<p>Before signing the bill, Governor Cox had not demonstrated publicly what he was going to do. He had until March 25 to make a decision.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/utah-anti-porn-filter-phone-tablets-f8276e2f3e0d682bf7c317860acc2b3c\">AP<\/a> reports that states might follow Utah\u2019s lead on restricting pornography, since \u201cmore than a dozen states advanced similar resolutions to declare porn a public health crisis after Utah became the first to do so in 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Governor of Utah, Spencer Cox, signed a controversial piece of legislation on Tuesday requiring all smart phones and tablets sold in Utah to have filters that can block pornography.Governor &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311085,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3240.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Utah Governor Signs Measure To Require Porn-Blocking Filters On Devices","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-301287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3240.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Utah Governor Signs Measure To Require Porn-Blocking Filters On Devices","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}