Skip to content

Utah

ov. Spencer Cox signs two social media regulation bills during a ceremony at the Capitol building in Salt Lake City on Thursday, March 23, 2023.
ov. Spencer Cox signs two social media regulation bills during a ceremony at the Capitol building in Salt Lake City on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Photo: Trent Nelson (AP)

Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed a pair of bills into law in March requiring social media companies like Instagram and TikTok to verify users’ ages and obtain parental consent before offering services to users under the age of 18. Bizarrely, one of the laws also sets a digital curfew, restricting anyone under the age of 18 from using social media between 10:30 P.M. and 6:30 A.M.

One of the other bills making up Utah’s Social Media Regulation Act gives the account holder (the parent) the ability to sue social media companies and collect damages if they can prove the products caused them physical or emotional harm or were addictive.

Related Articles