The two bills Cox signed into law also prohibit kids under 18 from using social media between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., require age verification for anyone who wants to use social media in the state and seek to prevent tech companies from luring kids to their apps using addictive features. Translation:
The two bills will encourage VPN use for people aged 12-18 to enable social media use.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) on Sunday said his state’s new restrictions on how minors can interact with social media aren’t expected to be “foolproof.”
They tried really hard to define what "social media" is
This site does not have "profiles" so we're ok - even though u/the-new-style is call my "profile"
https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0152.html
159 (8) "Social media company" means a person or entity that:
160 (a) provides a social media platform that has at least 5,000,000 account holders
161 worldwide; and
162 (b) is an interactive computer service.
163 (9) (a) "Social media platform" means an online forum that a social media company
164 makes available for an account holder to:
165 (i) create a profile;
166 (ii) upload posts;
167 (iii) view the posts of other account holders; and
168 (iv) interact with other account holders or users.
169 (b) "Social media platform" does not include an online service, website, or application:
170 (i) where the predominant or exclusive function is:
171 (A) electronic mail;
172 (B) direct messaging consisting of text, photos, or videos that are sent between devices
173 by electronic means, where messages are:
174 (I) shared between the sender and the recipient;
175 (II) only visible to the sender and the recipient; and
176 (III) are not posted publicly;
177 (C) a streaming service that:
178 (I) provides only licensed media in a continuous flow from the service, website, or
179 application to the end user; and
180 (II) does not obtain a license to the media from a user or account holder by agreement
181 to its terms of service;
182 (D) news, sports, entertainment, or other content that is preselected by the provider and
183 not user generated, and any chat, comment, or interactive functionality that is provided
184 incidental to, directly related to, or dependent upon provision of the content;
185 (E) online shopping or e-commerce, if the interaction with other users or account
186 holders is generally limited to:
187 (I) the ability to upload a post and comment on reviews;
188 (II) the ability to display lists or collections of goods for sale or wish lists; and
189 (III) other functions that are focused on online shopping or e-commerce rather than
190 interaction between users or account holders;
191 (F) interactive gaming, virtual gaming, or an online service, that allows the creation
192 and uploading of content for the purpose of interactive gaming, edutainment, or associated
193 entertainment, and the communication related to that content;
194 (G) photo editing that has an associated photo hosting service, if the interaction with
195 other users or account holders is generally limited to liking or commenting;
196 (H) a professional creative network for showcasing and discovering artistic content, if
197 the content is required to be non-pornographic;
198 (I) single-purpose community groups for public safety if:
199 (I) the interaction with other users or account holders is generally limited to that single
200 purpose; and
201 (II) the community group has guidelines or policies against illegal content;
202 (J) providing career development opportunities, including professional networking, job
203 skills, learning certifications, and job posting and application services;
204 (K) business to business software;
205 (L) a teleconferencing or videoconferencing service that allows reception and
206 transmission of audio and video signals for real time communication;
207 (M) cloud storage;
208 (N) shared document collaboration;
209 (O) cloud computing services, which may include cloud storage and shared document
210 collaboration;
211 (P) providing access to or interacting with data visualization platforms, libraries, or
212 hubs;
213 (Q) to permit comments on a digital news website, if the news content is posted only
214 by the provider of the digital news website;
215 (R) providing or obtaining technical support for a platform, product, or service;
216 (S) academic or scholarly research; or
217 (T) genealogical research;
218 (ii) where:
219 (A) the majority of the content that is posted or created is posted or created by the
220 provider of the online service, website, or application; and
221 (B) the ability to chat, comment, or interact with other users is directly related to the
222 provider's content;
223 (iii) that is a classified ad service that only permits the sale of goods and prohibits the
224 solicitation of personal services; or
225 (iv) that is used by and under the direction of an educational entity, including:
226 (A) a learning management system;
227 (B) a student engagement program; and
228 (C) a subject or skill-specific program.
229 (10) "User" means a person who has access to view all, or some of, the posts on a
230 social media platform, but is not an account holder.
The two bills Cox signed into law also prohibit kids under 18 from using social media between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., require age verification for anyone who wants to use social media in the state and seek to prevent tech companies from luring kids to their apps using addictive features. Translation:
The two bills will encourage VPN use for people aged 12-18 to enable social media use.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) on Sunday said his state’s new restrictions on how minors can interact with social media aren’t expected to be “foolproof.”
They tried really hard to define what "social media" is
This site does not have "profiles" so we're ok
https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0152.html
159 (8) "Social media company" means a person or entity that:
160 (a) provides a social media platform that has at least 5,000,000 account holders
161 worldwide; and
162 (b) is an interactive computer service.
163 (9) (a) "Social media platform" means an online forum that a social media company
164 makes available for an account holder to:
165 (i) create a profile;
166 (ii) upload posts;
167 (iii) view the posts of other account holders; and
168 (iv) interact with other account holders or users.
169 (b) "Social media platform" does not include an online service, website, or application:
170 (i) where the predominant or exclusive function is:
171 (A) electronic mail;
172 (B) direct messaging consisting of text, photos, or videos that are sent between devices
173 by electronic means, where messages are:
174 (I) shared between the sender and the recipient;
175 (II) only visible to the sender and the recipient; and
176 (III) are not posted publicly;
177 (C) a streaming service that:
178 (I) provides only licensed media in a continuous flow from the service, website, or
179 application to the end user; and
180 (II) does not obtain a license to the media from a user or account holder by agreement
181 to its terms of service;
182 (D) news, sports, entertainment, or other content that is preselected by the provider and
183 not user generated, and any chat, comment, or interactive functionality that is provided
184 incidental to, directly related to, or dependent upon provision of the content;
185 (E) online shopping or e-commerce, if the interaction with other users or account
186 holders is generally limited to:
187 (I) the ability to upload a post and comment on reviews;
188 (II) the ability to display lists or collections of goods for sale or wish lists; and
189 (III) other functions that are focused on online shopping or e-commerce rather than
190 interaction between users or account holders;
191 (F) interactive gaming, virtual gaming, or an online service, that allows the creation
192 and uploading of content for the purpose of interactive gaming, edutainment, or associated
193 entertainment, and the communication related to that content;
194 (G) photo editing that has an associated photo hosting service, if the interaction with
195 other users or account holders is generally limited to liking or commenting;
196 (H) a professional creative network for showcasing and discovering artistic content, if
197 the content is required to be non-pornographic;
198 (I) single-purpose community groups for public safety if:
199 (I) the interaction with other users or account holders is generally limited to that single
200 purpose; and
201 (II) the community group has guidelines or policies against illegal content;
202 (J) providing career development opportunities, including professional networking, job
203 skills, learning certifications, and job posting and application services;
204 (K) business to business software;
205 (L) a teleconferencing or videoconferencing service that allows reception and
206 transmission of audio and video signals for real time communication;
207 (M) cloud storage;
208 (N) shared document collaboration;
209 (O) cloud computing services, which may include cloud storage and shared document
210 collaboration;
211 (P) providing access to or interacting with data visualization platforms, libraries, or
212 hubs;
213 (Q) to permit comments on a digital news website, if the news content is posted only
214 by the provider of the digital news website;
215 (R) providing or obtaining technical support for a platform, product, or service;
216 (S) academic or scholarly research; or
217 (T) genealogical research;
218 (ii) where:
219 (A) the majority of the content that is posted or created is posted or created by the
220 provider of the online service, website, or application; and
221 (B) the ability to chat, comment, or interact with other users is directly related to the
222 provider's content;
223 (iii) that is a classified ad service that only permits the sale of goods and prohibits the
224 solicitation of personal services; or
225 (iv) that is used by and under the direction of an educational entity, including:
226 (A) a learning management system;
227 (B) a student engagement program; and
228 (C) a subject or skill-specific program.
229 (10) "User" means a person who has access to view all, or some of, the posts on a
230 social media platform, but is not an account holder.