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Utah takes a step towards smartphones without porn

2021-03-24T23:10:28.188Z


The governor of Utah passed a bill on Tuesday imposing a pornography filter on all smartphones and tablets activated in this American state, where the Mormon Church has two-thirds of the inhabitants. The text, which Republican Governor Spencer Cox announced on Wednesday, March 24, had signed the day before, provides for penalties for manufacturers who do not comply with the rule, ranging from ten


The governor of Utah passed a bill on Tuesday imposing a pornography filter on all smartphones and tablets activated in this American state, where the Mormon Church has two-thirds of the inhabitants.

The text, which Republican Governor Spencer Cox announced on Wednesday, March 24, had signed the day before, provides for penalties for manufacturers who do not comply with the rule, ranging from ten to 500 dollars per violation noted.

Read also: How to protect our teens from pornography?

The measure defended by elected conservatives will only take effect, however, if at least five other US states enact similar legislation, which seems unlikely in the short term.

In practice, the new law, supposed to protect young people, would require manufacturers of smartphones and tablets sold in Utah to install a filter blocking pornographic content, contrary to the traditional parental control offered by Apple or Google, which is disabled. by default.

People wishing to have access to this content deemed potentially harmful would be required to request a code to unblock the automatic filter.

To read also: Pornography, harmful for teens?

Defenders of freedoms, foremost among which the American Union for Civil Liberties (ACLU), have expressed concern about these restrictions, which they believe infringe on the right to free access to the Internet.

The text

"violates the rights of the public under the First Amendment of the Constitution"

of the United States, guaranteeing freedom of expression, the ACLU of Utah tweeted.

Source: lefigaro

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