United States of America: Implemented Utah Social Media Regulation Act (SB 152) including data protection regulations
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Implemented Utah Social Media Regulation Act (SB 152) including data protection regulations
On 1 March 2024, the Social Media Regulation Act (SB 152), including data protection regulations, is implemented. In particular, the Act prohibits social media companies from collecting minors' personal data and using data generated based on a minor's activity, including posts, messages or text. Social media platforms are allowed to collect minors' personal data and process it only for the purpose of age verification to comply with the service access restrictions that they are required to implement for users under 18 years old.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2023-01-30
under deliberation
2023-03-01
adopted
2023-03-23
adopted