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S.B. 152 and H.B. 311, collectively known as the Utah Social Media Regulation Act, are social media bills that were passed by the Utah State Legislature in March 2023. The bills would collectively impose restrictions on how social networking services serve minors in the state of Utah, including mandatory age verification, and restrictions on data collection, algorithmic recommendations, and on ...
Versions of the regulations are being considered in four other states and in several federal proposals in Congress. The new Utah laws — H.B. 311 and S.B. 152 — require that social media ...
Two laws signed by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox Thursday prohibit kids under 18 from using social media between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., require age verification for anyone who wants ...
Utah has become the first state to pass legislation seeking to limit teenagers' access to social media sites last week. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox said he signed the two bills in order to protect ...
Status of Social Media Age Verification laws in the United States. In 2022 California passed The California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act or AB 2273 which requires websites that are likely to be used by minors to estimate visitors ages to give them some amount of privacy control and on March 23, 2023, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed SB 152 and HB 311 collective known as the Utah Social ...
The bill aims to establish guidelines to protect minors from harmful material on social media platforms through a duty of care system and requiring covered platforms to disable "addicting" design features to minors. The bill originates from the 2021 Facebook leak, which led to a congressional investigation of Big Tech's
A federal judge has blocked Utah from enforcing a new law aimed at protecting the mental health of young people by requiring social media platforms to verify users' ages and impose restrictions on ...
Social media age-check measures like Utah's "violate the First Amendment…rob users of anonymity, pose privacy and security risks, and could be used to block some people from being able to use ...