Judge Blocks Utah’s Social Media Proof Of Age Law

Salt Lake City’s Fox affiliate reports:

A federal judge has blocked one of Utah’s new laws on youth social media access from going into effect.

In an order issued late Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Shelby agreed with NetChoice, a coalition of tech and social media companies, to halt Senate Bill 194 from being enforced. That law required age-verification and put restrictions on targeted advertising and personalized content.

NetChoice had sued, citing the First Amendment and arguing that things like age-verification meant that everyone in Utah who used social media would have to upload some kind of ID to prove they were of age.

Read the full article. Similar laws in several states are also before the courts. Photo: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, who signed the bill into law earlier this year.