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Utah social media law requiring age verification blocked by judge
Another win for NetChoice.
NetChoice, the technology trade association that includes Meta, Snap, Google, and X, sued the state to block the law in December 2023, alleging it “violates the constitutional rights of all Utahns.” In addition to verifying the age of users, the law would also require social platforms to “enable maximum default privacy settings” on kids’ accounts as well as disable features “that lead to excessive use,” such as endless scrolling and push notifications. “But owing to the First Amendment’s paramount place in our democratic system, even well-intentioned legislation that regulates speech based on content must satisfy a tremendously high level of constitutional scrutiny.” “Utah’s law not only violates the First Amendment, but if enforced would backfire and endanger the very people it’s meant to help,” Chris Marchese, Director of the NetChoice Litigation Center, says in a statement.
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