The good news is that if Utah isn't your cup of tea, there are 49 other States with different laws you can choose to live in. And when you’re old enough to vote, you can make your voice heard.
That’s the genius of the Republic we live in. Choice. Not every State has to enact laws you personally agree with.
Reasonable people can argue whether a person who is seventeen knows what they need to succeed in life, and that may very well be access to communities/information/speech that is only available on social media platforms.
Just FYI, HB 311 was amended considerably at the beginning of March and is now a social media addiction / consent bill. Not a good bill, but it doesn't have the same problems as SB 152, and neither bill now requires companies to store the collected data.
The good news is that if Utah isn't your cup of tea, there are 49 other States with different laws you can choose to live in. And when you’re old enough to vote, you can make your voice heard.
That’s the genius of the Republic we live in. Choice. Not every State has to enact laws you personally agree with.
That is not true in the age of the Internet. For example, what happens if traffic is routed through SLC servers?
I suspect the law is actually unconstitutional due to the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution.
It’s almost as if the adults in the room know better than their children. They are called “children” for a reason.
Reasonable people can argue whether a person who is seventeen knows what they need to succeed in life, and that may very well be access to communities/information/speech that is only available on social media platforms.
Just FYI, HB 311 was amended considerably at the beginning of March and is now a social media addiction / consent bill. Not a good bill, but it doesn't have the same problems as SB 152, and neither bill now requires companies to store the collected data.