Utah lawmaker proposes warning label for pornography

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Utah lawmaker proposes warning label for pornography
Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press
Updated 3:50 pm CST, Tuesday, February 4, 2020

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker has unveiled a proposal to require pornography to carry warning labels or be subject to a possible $2,500 penalty, though an adult-entertainment industry group warned the idea would violate the First Amendment.

The label about the potential harm to minors would have to appear on both print and digital material that appears in Utah if the bill proposed by Republican Rep. Brady Brammer passes the Legislature.

If the label doesn’t appear, the producer could be sued for $2,500 per violation, either by the Utah Attorney General’s Office or a private group. The enforcement process would be similar to warning labels about toxic substances that are required in California, Brammer said Tuesday.

“We continue to have people complain about the prevalence of obscene materials and the impact on their children,” Brammer said. The 15-second digital warnings, for example, would allow people to navigate away quickly if something obscene comes up online accidentally, he said.


Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Utah-lawmaker-proposes-warning-label-for-15029833.php

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Rep. Brady Brammer

[Miguelito Loveless]

1. Warn against what?

Repetitive motion injury?

[Maxheader]

3. Hee hee..

Thats good...

[TeamPooka]

4. friction burns, spontaneous combustion.

[ZZenith]

2. Brady Brammer clears his browser history five times a day, I'll warrant.

[patphil]

5. This warning label translated for young boys:

Pay attention, this is really good stuff! You don't want to miss it!

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Republicans tackling pornography would be really big news

Usually they're just trying to run other people's lives at abortion providers or polluting mothers and children with lax regulation.

[keithbvadu2]

7. Such a warning label for the Bible?

Such a warning label for the Bible?

Child molesting preachers are adept at using the Bible to rationalize their actions.

[cstanleytech]

8. Shouldn't churches also be required to have warning labels about the potential

risk children face of being sexually molested by a pastor, priest and other church officials?
After all if the goal is to honestly protect the children it only makes sense.

[BlueIdaho]

9. Largest consumer groups of Porn

Are conservatives and evangelicals.

[bluedigger]

10. Just put up warning signs at the state line.

[CTyankee]

11. Is that why they all have hair growing on their hands?

[BlueIdaho]

13. Exactly...

Someone actually compiled statistics of extra charges at hotels during conservative and evangelical conferences... they scorched the “pay for porn” category... Liberals weren’t even close. Just too funny really...

[Bob Loblaw]

12. Why do you think he needs to wear glasses?

[Zambero]

18. He probably needs to apply defogger to them

For what follows after being "warned"!

[NurseJackie]

14. Utah's Hypocritical War on Porn

Utah’s Hypocritical War on Porn
One of the top porn-hungry states is trying to cure itself of its porn ‘epidemic.’

https://www.thedailybeast.com/utahs-hypocritical-war-on-porn

[NurseJackie]

15. Utah is No. 1 - for online pornography consumption

Utah is No. 1 - for online pornography consumption

https://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/ci_11821265

[Mr.Bill]

19. Well, there's not much

else to do in Utah.

[NurseJackie]

16. Utah No. 1 in online porn subscriptions, report says

Utah No. 1 in online porn subscriptions, report says

https://www.deseret.com/2009/3/3/20304992/utah-no-1-in-online-porn-subscriptions-report-says

[eclecticdyslexic]

17. Utah: The country's top consumers of porn (or just stupid enough to pay for it?)

Utah No. 1 in online porn subscriptions, report says (From 2009)

Utahns, famous for their wholesomeness and frugality, buy online pornography at higher rates than the rest of America.

That's the conclusion of a Harvard economics professor who tracked subscriptions to online porn sites. Utah ranks No. 1 in subscriptions, according to Benjamin Edelman, who reported his findings in the article "Red Light States: Who Buys Online Adult Entertainment?," published in the most recent edition of the Journal of Economic Perspectives.

The most porn-watching ZIP codes in Utah, "with unexpectedly high subscriptions relative to their population and broadband usage," are 84766 in Sevier County, 84112 in Salt Lake County, 84018 in Morgan County, 84006 in southwest Salt Lake County, and 84536 in San Juan County.

A color-coded map in the journal article shows only two states with subscription rates higher than 3.6 per thousand home broadband users: Utah and Mississippi. Utah topped the list, with 5.47 users per 1,000. (Edelman says he took into account the amount of broadband access available in various regions and adjusted his data accordingly; porn users tend to favor high-speed data transfer that can download lots of the steamy visuals quickly.)

https://www.deseret.com/2009/3/3/20304992/utah-no-1-in-online-porn-subscriptions-report-says

This is the state that created an office known as the Porn Czar -- think of the children!

[eggplant]

20. Of course, you'll be able to google for the warning text to find all the porn out there...

Just like you can search for "18 U.S.C. 2257" now.

[Marcuse]

21. Caution: The Surgeon General has determined that exposure could be hazardous to your sight.

[NotASurfer]

22. Now, if it passes and becomes law, they may have to hire staff to determine if it is porn

Make sure a video, photo, game, pole dance, etc meets the Utah legal standard defining porn. Tough job, can only hope they can staff up

[BillyBobBrilliant]

23. How about a similar warning label

for all religious programming?

[JohnnyRingo]

24. Utah huh?

The state is known for Victorian era legislation in the past, hoping to spread stringent religious restraints on the other 49.

This time it's another "help me sequester my children in a cocoon of purity, I'm busy".

[Nitram]

25. I seem to remember reading that Utah is one of the states with the highest volume of online

pornography viewing.

[RockRaven]

26. Are they also going to demand a warning label on church doors? Because the adults therein

are more dangerous to minors than almost any pornography.

[Sneederbunk]

27. We may want to check this guy's hard drive

[alphafemale]

28. Mormons have sex in their Temple Garments.

Which are basically onesies for grownups.

I don't think they get to decide anything about sex for other people.

[FreeState]

32. They discontinued the one piecers a few years back

They took out the sewn in markings too (they are now printed in white and only last for a year).

My favorite pair when I was a member was a one piece. Although if you needed to use the restroom it was not great (great pjs though!).

Oh and you can take your garments off for the three S’s (sports, sex, showering).

[jcmaine72]

29. Why do these anti-porn crusaders always look like 40-year-old virgins?

[skypilot]

30. Would allow people to navigate away quickly...

...if something obscene comes up online accidentally.

Uh huh.

[MurrayDelph]

31. And he wants to be on the review board

FREE PORN!