Social Media

Republican Rep. Burgess Owens and Democratic challenger Katrina Fallick-Wang staked out different sides on social media, abortion and LGBTQ+ rights.

Utah has a problem with TikTok and how minors use it. The platform said it has safety protocols in place to protect them.

From conflicts of interest to public lands ownership to social media, four candidates for attorney general presented their case on why they should be Utah’s leading lawyer.

Judge Robert Shelby wrote Utah’s law restricting youth social media use most likely violates the First Amendment.

Utah state lawmakers are looking to pass a universal ban on cellphones during school hours. However, individual school districts could set more permissive policies.

Lawmakers say recent tweaks to Utah’s strict social media laws “absolutely” led to a judge’s dismissal of a portion of the legal challenge to them.

Utah passed sweeping social media regulations for minors in 2023. After revising those laws this year, neither Big Tech nor the law’s supporters are satisfied.

Newly released video shows the malnourished son of a parenting advice YouTuber approaching a neighbor for help on the morning that his mother and her business partner were arrested on child abuse charges.

The new laws require social media companies to verify the ages of their users and disable certain features on accounts owned by Utah youths.

“We just need a space for six or seven hours a day where kids are not tethered to these devices,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox told reporters in mid-February.

The father of the student targeted on social media by Natalie Cline said it wasn’t “the resolution we were hoping for, but it’s a step in the right direction.”

The Utah State Board of Education can not remove Natalie Cline from her position, but the board unanimously voted to ask her to resign.