social media

2025 Bills

HB 418: Social Media User Data Swapping

This bill would force social media companies to re-engineer their platforms so that it’s easier to track users across different services.

Libertas Institute Staff
| 13th Feb 2025

2023 Bills

HB 311: Restrictions on Social Media Use by Minors

This bill would create a division within the government to place restrictions and requirements on social media, forcing the company to act as a parental agent for the state of Utah.

Libertas Institute Staff
| 3rd Feb 2023

2023 Bills

SB 152: Restrictions on Social Media Use by Minors

This bill requires social media companies to identify Utah children on the platform by collecting and storing each child’s birthdate and their parent’s address

Libertas Institute Staff
| 31st Jan 2023

Op-Eds

Musk Wants to Fix Twitter — Good Luck!

Like it or not, Twitter is in trouble. The social media giant is losing loyal users and struggling to turn a profit — and not because Elon Musk bought the company and immediately began firing people.

Caden Rosenbaum
| 17th Nov 2022

Op-Eds

A Key Lawsuit Could Reveal Just How Blurry The Lines Between Social Media And Government Have Become

The problems raised by these lawsuits are not new. A recent CATO report discusses how the government uses bullying techniques to establish the “rules” by which social media operates.

Leslie Corbly
| 27th Oct 2022

Op-Eds

Utah should not restrict or mandate online speech

If this bill takes effect, it could also result in less online speech for Utahns and expose them to more harassment and vitriol because technology companies would fear lawsuits and sanctions if they tried to proactively moderate content on their platforms. Even worse, this bill would effectively authorize the government to force private online platforms to carry and distribute speech they would have previously restricted.

Connor Boyack
| 19th Mar 2021

HB 418: Social Media User Data Swapping

HB 311: Restrictions on Social Media Use by Minors

SB 152: Restrictions on Social Media Use by Minors

Musk Wants to Fix Twitter — Good Luck!

A Key Lawsuit Could Reveal Just How Blurry The Lines Between Social Media And Government Have Become

Utah should not restrict or mandate online speech

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