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Doesn't this seem impossible?

So if I have jo-blow web site.

And a user uses a VPN, how am I supposed to do anything about it. And why should i?

I think you are okay:

> Commercial entities that host "a substantial portion of material harmful to minors" are now prohibited from facilitating or encouraging the use of a VPN to bypass age checks.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/utahs-new-law-regulati...

I have an Amazon affiliate link on my website. Now it’s technically commercial.

I say things in support of my LGBTQ friends and neighbors. Now it’s technically harmful to minors.

This isn’t a slippery slope. It’s already an avalanche.

I don't think that is accurate but you seem to have decided.

Which part of what I said couldn’t be argued in court by an ambitious prosecutor?

So that's the 'avalanche' threshold?

If you are the one being found guilty for having a link on your website, it can seem like an 'avalanche'.

Don't host your website in Utah and avoid having a business / tax nexus there.

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