"Recently, several U.S. states passed laws requiring strong age verification for adult content online. Now, lawmakers in Wisconsin and Michigan are pushing the envelope even further. Not only do their new bills demand age checks-they require adult content sites to block access from any VPN provider, for any user, not just minors. On Security Now, Steve Gibson explained that these bills stem from concerns that residents are using VPNs to evade new state-level restrictions by appearing to connect from somewhere else."
"According to Steve Gibson and analysis from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), these new bills don't just target kids. The Wisconsin and Michigan proposals would require websites that host adult material to block anyone using a VPN-period. That means no one in those states could use VPNs for any purpose on restricted sites, even legitimate business or privacy reasons. Worse, Michigan's more extreme version would force ISPs to actively block VPN usage and even ban the sale of VPN services outright."
Wisconsin and Michigan proposals would require adult websites to block any visitor using a VPN, not just minors, and would bar VPN use on restricted sites. Michigan's version would additionally require ISPs to block VPN connections and prohibit the sale of VPN services. The bills, titled the "Anti Corruption of Public Morals Act", would effectively ban encrypted traffic that conceals user location, including VPNs, proxies, and possibly secure DNS queries. Such measures would undermine core privacy and security tools used by businesses, students, and everyday users, risking surveillance, blocked legitimate access, and disruption of encrypted communications.
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