A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a Utah law designed to regulate social-media access for minors, dealing a blow to state Republicans’ legislative efforts to protect the mental ...

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Utah from enforcing an ambitious new law that would have required social media companies to verify people’s ages, apply privacy settings and impose certain ...

On Tuesday, Chief US District Judge ... Utah Minor Protection in Social Media Act earlier in March. It was supposed to take effect on October 1, but the court’s decision to block the law is ...

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Utah Social Media Law Aimed at Protecting Children A federal judge in Utah has temporarily blocked a social media access law that leaders said was meant to protect ...

Snap Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Utah for the laws they are trying to put in place that would limit minors’ access to ...

In his order, U.S. District Court judge Robert ... enforcement of the Utah Minor Protection in Social Media Act for now, as litigation runs its course in court. The law requires age verification ...

A federal judge blocked Utah’s landmark social media law from going into effect. Chief Judge Robert J. Shelby issued a written order Tuesday granting a request from NetChoice, a tech industry ...

SALT LAKE CITY — 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 ...

The Utah legislature passed the Utah Minor Protection in Social Media Act to replace laws that were passed in 2023 and were challenged as unconstitutional. State officials believed the 2024 act ...