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Strengthened40% impact weight
Default protections and limits for minor accounts strengthen child-focused digital regulation, with contested speech trade-offs.
legislationneeds reviewconfidence: medium
Utah Overhauls Its Social-Media Minor-Protection Laws
On 13 March 2024 Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed SB 194 and HB 464, replacing the state's 2023 social-media regulation act after legal challenges. The revised laws require covered platforms to give minor accounts heightened default protections and limited features and create a private right of action for harms to minors, while stepping back from the most contested parental-consent and curfew mandates. Utah was an early US state mover on regulating minors' social-media use, and the laws have drawn both support and First Amendment litigation.
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On 13 March 2024 Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed SB 194 and HB 464, replacing the state's 2023 social-media regulation act after legal challenges. The revised laws require covered platforms to give minor accounts heightened default protections and limited features and create a private right of action for harms to minors, while stepping back from the most contested parental-consent and curfew mandates. Utah was an early US state mover on regulating minors' social-media use, and the laws have drawn both support and First Amendment litigation.
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