Pornhub cuts Utah residents’ access to its site in protest of age verification law

Last year, Lousiana passed a law holding pornography sites liable for verifying users’ ages – causing traffic to Pornhub to plunge. Photograph: True Images/Alamy

Blocked from one of the most popular internet pornography platforms, residents in Utah, one of the most socially US conservative states, have been searching for workarounds.

MindGeek, which runs Pornhub, cut access to its content in Utah on Tuesday, in protest of a state law that requires websites to verify users’ ages with government-issued ID. Pornhub said the law was ineffective, raised privacy concerns and “put … children at risk”.