United States of America: Announced public lawsuit against the State of Utah challenging the constitutionality of Social Media Regulation Act (SB 152)

On 18 December 2023, NetChoice LLC filed a lawsuit against the State of Utah, challenging the Social Media Regulation Act (SB 152), which will enter into force on 1 March 2024. The plaintiff argues that HB 311 is unlawful because it violates the First Amendment of the US Constitution and is too vaguely formulated to fulfil the requirements of the due process clause. Furthermore, the plaintiff lists that various provisions in the Act are unlawful, including the requirement that all users have to verify their age online, that advertisement to minors online and personalised content shall be forbidden and the ban of minors using "covered websites" during certain times. These provisions are argued to compromise users' data security and suppress families' autonomous choice of how they want their children to use the internet.