(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s governor doesn’t think Instagram’s new protections for teens go far enough. Governor Spencer Cox says the new Teen Accounts mirror some of the protections for kids that are in Utah’s social media law, but he wants more. Utah’s law that requires all sorts of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A federal judge has put Utah’s social media law for kids on hold. The judge yesterday sided with a group of tech companies who are challenging Utah’s law that would require social media sites to set the maximum number of defaults for social media accounts […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — An Instagram post by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is sparking a dialog online about women empowerment in the church. The post quoted a sermon by J. Anette Dennis of the Relief Society organization. The post caption quotes Dennis and begins with, […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Drama continues to build around Utah’s new Social Media Youth laws. A second lawsuit was filed on Tuesday claiming the Utah Social Media Regulation Act is unconstitutional, claiming the age verification requirement is in violation of the law. Congress was trying to push back the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah and 42 other states are teaming up to sue Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta. They claim the tech giant is harming youth mental health with “addictive” features like feeds that scroll endlessly and too many notifications. The federal lawsuit filed in California was […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — New legislation being proposed in Salt Lake City would change the way minor children use social media across Utah. The Social Media Regulation Act would require social media platforms to verify if a user is a minor and if so, would then require the child […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah is launching an ad blitz warning parents about the harms social media platforms can pose to their children. Governor Spencer Cox unveiled the campaign at a new conference at the State Capitol on Thursday. The 30-second commercial features children wearing masks while doomscrolling on […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s governor is defending the state’s new laws that try to limit kids’ exposure to social media. Governor Cox appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” yesterday. Cox said the mental and emotional damage caused by social media is likely to destroy an entire generation of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox has signed a landmark bill that requires parents to give permission for teenagers to get social media accounts. The first-in-the-nation law Cox signed on Thursday also will impose a digital curfew, blocking sites for minors past 10:30 p.m. It will black out […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox will sign a bill requiring social media companies to verify that users are 18 or older to open an account. Cox told reporters on Thursday he “absolutely” will sign Senate Bill 152 and is willing to face any legal challenges. Under the […]
