The Utah Division of Consumer Protection has issued its first $2,500 citation under Utah’s child protection registry law to a Canadian online pornography site, the Salt Lake City Tribune reported last week.
On Dec. 4 the site, whose name contains an expletive, sent a sexually explicit message to an e-mail address registered as accessible to a minor, according to Consumer Protection spokesman Thad LeVar, the Tribune reported.
Utah and Michigan passed laws last year that allow parents and guardians to sign-up minors’ e-mail addresses on so-called child protection registries. The laws make it a crime to send e-mail containing material or links to material it is illegal for minors to view or buy to addresses on the registries.
Utah’s registry statute provides for a maximum $2,500 fine per violation. A similar law in Michigan provides for $5,000 per violation up to $250,000 per day.
