A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a Utah law designed to regulate social-media access for minors, dealing a blow to state Republicans’ legislative efforts to protect the mental ...

On Tuesday, Chief US District Judge Robert Shelby granted a preliminary injunction to block Utah from limiting the social media usage of minors. Republican Governor Spencer Cox had signed the Utah ...

A federal judge blocked Utah from enforcing an ambitious new law that would have required social media companies to verify people’s ages, apply privacy settings and impose certain restrictions ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge blocked Utah's landmark social media law from going into effect. Chief Judge Robert J. Shelby issued a written order Tuesday granting a request from NetChoice, a ...

Judge blocks Georgia's social media age verification law after a similar one was blocked in Ohio. ... Mississippi, Texas and Utah. Louisiana agreed to not enforce its law while litigation proceeds.

Under the law, social media companies would have been forced to verify the age of all users. If a minor registers for an account, they are subject to various limitations.

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a Utah law designed to regulate social-media access for minors, dealing a blow to state Republicans’ legislative efforts to protect the mental ...