Courts Limit State VPN Mandates

A federal judge enjoined Utah’s law that would have forced websites to detect or block VPN users or identify their physical location, finding the rule imposes extraterritorial burdens and technical impossibilities. The decision recognizes that requiring sites to defeat privacy tools is both practically unworkable and raises constitutional problems for regulating non‑residents. — If courts routinely reject laws that demand defeat of privacy‑preserving tools, state attempts to police online content by mandating detection of VPNs or similar tech will face a significant legal and technical check.