Utah is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit over the state's new law requiring websites with pornographic material to verify the age of its users, arguing the complaint is misguided.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit over the state's new law requiring websites with pornographic material to verify the age of its users. The state attorney general is arguing that the complaint is misguided and names the wrong defendants.
Websites that fail "to perform reasonable age verification methods," could also be sued for damages that stem from a minor accessing the adult content, according to the new law.But the Free Speech Coalition says the Utah law runs afoul of the First Amendment by imposing a "content-based restriction on protected speech" without accomplishing its stated purpose.
"There is no case or controversy between plaintiffs and these defendants," the court documents state.
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