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United States of America: Passed Social Media Regulation Amendments (SB 194) including data protection regulation

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Passed Social Media Regulation Amendments (SB 194) including data protection regulation

On 21 February 2024, the Social Media Regulation Amendments Bill (SB 194) was passed by the Senate. The Bill aims to introduce age verification mechanisms for minors and mandates that personal information collected within the age verification mechan…

Scope

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

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2024-02-05
under deliberation

On 5 February 2024, the Social Media Regulation Amendments Bill (SB 194) including data protection …

2024-02-21
under deliberation

On 21 February 2024, the Social Media Regulation Amendments Bill (SB 194) was passed by the Senate.…

2024-02-28
adopted

On 28 February 2024, the Social Media Regulation Amendments Bill (SB 194) was adopted. The Bill aim…

2024-03-13
adopted

On 13 March 2024, the Governor of Utah signed the Social Media Regulation Amendments Bill (SB 194).…

2024-10-01
in force

On 1 October 2024, the Social Media Regulation Amendments Bill (SB 194) entered into force. The Bi…