EFF, ACLU, others back injunction against Utah social media law on appeal
( June 3, 2025, 20:15 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Electronic Frontier Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union and other privacy advocates told a US appeals court that the Utah Social Media Regulation Act violates the First Amendment by significantly limiting both the reach of all Utah citizens’ protected speech and their access to the speech of others. The entities supported affirming an injunction against the law, arguing that its age-verification requirement will block some adults and minors from accessing lawful speech in the first place, remove the possibility of speaking anonymously on social platforms, and increase users’ risk of privacy invasions and data breaches.See attached file. ...
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