A Utah bill requiring content filters to be turned on by default aims to reshape the way the nation regulates the Internet, particularly for minors.
Adult film actress Cherie DeVille is concerned Utah’s new content filter requirements are opening the door to allow greater government control of the Internet. (Credit: Ryan Dwyer)
(CN) — When Utah’s innocuously titled “Device Filter Amendments” bill circulated the state Legislature, opponents worried requiring content filters to be the default in new cell phones and tablets amounted to the first step in a larger plan to restrict access to adult content.
“This sets the precedent for saying, ‘Yes, we are accepting governmental control or governmental assistance in parenting our children, and governmental control in the types of content that we’re seeing,’” said Cherie DeVille, an adult film actress based in Los Angeles.