Pornhub shut itself down in Utah because it refuses to verify the age of users to protect children.
The Utah Senate recently unanimously passed a child protection bill (Utah SB 287) requiring pornography sites like Pornhub and xHamster to use age verification systems before allowing access to their sites. Pornhub refuses to comply with the new legislation that would keep children off the site and has chosen instead to shut itself down in the state in “protest.” Regardless of the reason, Pornhub shutting its crime scene website down anywhere is a huge win for the #Traffickinghub movement.