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NetChoice files updated complaint against Utah social media law
Utah changed its social media law that is scheduled to go into effect on Oct. 1. It may face more challenges in the courts.
"Regrettably, Utah's government has chosen to double down on its misguided laws that thwart parents, undermine the state's dynamic creator economy, jeopardize the data security of its citizens and violate their constitutional rights," Chris Marchese, director of NetChoice, said in a release. Strict scrutiny is a kind of legal test where the government must show the law is targeted toward an issue with compelling interest and is written in the narrowest, least restrictive way possible. "We won't stand by while social media companies continue to exploit kids," Sen. Mike McKell, R-Spanish Fork, said in a release dated Feb. 5, announcing the changes.
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