Libertas Institute Submits Comments Regarding the Utah Minor Protection in Social Media Act Rule

Libertas Institute Staff
| 16th Sep 2024

Today, Libertas Institute and our partners at Abundance Institute submitted comments to the Utah Division of Consumer Protection regarding the Regarding the Utah Minor Protection in Social Media Act Rule.

The underlying legislation, SB 194, was preliminarily enjoined by a federal district court, but in the interest of sharing information and expertise, we hope these comments will be useful to inform the Division in the event the preliminary injunction is lifted on the underlying legislation.

Read the full comments here.

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