Utah's anti-VPN law, which requires age verification for VPN use, is technically unfeasible and infringes on user privacy and security.

#Court Agrees with EFF: Utah’s #VPN Law Demands a Technical Impossibility When state lawmakers attempt to rewrite how the internet works, users rely on courts to recognize that laws can’t make technical impossibilities a reality. That’s why we were happy to see that a court has blocked Utah’s attempt to outlaw the #privacy protections of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). In a win for digital #rights , a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking Utah’s #SB73 ,the state’s draconian anti-VPN #ageverification law. The decision comes as @eff submitted our comments to the #Utah Department of Commerce, detailing how forcing platforms to detect and block privacy-preserving tools undermines user privacy and #security worldwide while demanding the impossible. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/court-agrees-eff-utahs-vpn-law-demands-technical-impossibility

When state lawmakers attempt to rewrite how the internet works, users rely on courts to recognize that laws can’t make technical impossibilities a reality. Thankfully, a court has blocked Utah’s attempt to restrict VPN use. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/court-agrees-eff-utahs-vpn-law-demands-technical-impossibility