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What does it mean for an IP range to be "known" to be a VPN? Where are web site owners supposed to get this data? (also it only affects web sites, so gopher is

• techjamie 11mo ago
  Serve it over FTP under the user imover18 with no password. Don't know if that counts as age verification, but it's not a website!
• zdragnar 11mo ago
  I am throwing out a wild guess here, but some services already block ranges of IP addresses on the basis that they have VPN servers running. Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video all do something along these lines to protect geographically restricted licenses. Presumably, the authors of the bills were aware that these services were already doing it and want that same behavior to be legally required for obscene material.
• TZubiri 11mo ago
  It's not the first time that word appears on the bill, itspecifies that the publisher needs to "knowingly and intentionally..." do the deed. So there is no responsibility created to actively discern (IANAL) traffic, but if you already have that info, you would be compelled to act upon it. Again IANAL, but this could create responsibilities to avoid estoppel, for example if you filter users from VPNs for purposes like reducing spam, then you receive the benefit of identifying VPNs, and you might be compelled to bear the responsibility of it. Another nuance is that the vpn identification might be provided by a 3rd party (see cloudflare) in which case the provider would not KNOW, but then again CF might bear the responsibility considering that they would be the distributors with knowledge of the VPN lists. I think the law plays out very sensibly.