Utah campaign against porn marches on with phone filter plan
March 17, 2021
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Conservative lawmakers in Utah have fired another salvo in their longtime campaign against online porn with a new requirement that all cellphones and tablets sold in the state automatically block pornography in a plan that critics call a significant intrusion on free speech.
Supporters and critics alike are now waiting to find out if new Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, will sign or veto a proposa l that the GOP-controlled Legislature passed this month.
Cox hasn't indicated publicly which way he's leaning. His spokeswoman, Jennifer Napier-Pearce, said only in an emai...
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