Recipients of the letter, simply signed by Pornhub, include state lawmakers, governors and attorneys general in states where age verification laws are being enforced. For example, Aylo said that is saw successful implementation with age verification at the device-level or operating system-level when Apple deployed an iOS update that showed successful verification. The age verification laws adopted in the United States, overwhelmingly by right-wing state governments, are easily circumvented and carry punitive punishments in some cases. For example, an adult website owner could be charged with a felony in Tennessee for failing to comply with age verification requirements in the state’s digital space. Utah is one such case, where private parties are permitted by state law to bring age verification claims to a court setting alleging supposed injury.