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Utah Minor Protection in Social Media Act

Utah MPSMA

Children

Replaced the repealed 2023 Social Media Regulation Act (13-63) with age assurance, maximum-privacy defaults for minors, supervisory tools, and parental consent rules. On September 10, 2024 the federal district court preliminarily enjoined enforcement of every part of 13-71-101 to 401 (NetChoice v. Reyes, D. Utah No. 2:23-cv-00911); the state's appeal (10th Cir. No. 24-4100) was argued November 20, 2025 and was pending as last verified.

Where
Utah
Citation
Utah Code Title 13, Chapter 71 (13-71-101 to 13-71-401)
Status
Blocked by a court
In force since
2024-10-01
Last amended
2026-05-06
Enforced by
Utah Division of Consumer Protection (enforcement preliminarily enjoined)
People can sue
No
Penalties
Administrative fines and court civil penalties up to $2,500 per violation; $5,000 for violating an order (13-71-301). Enforcement of the whole chapter is preliminarily enjoined.
Applies to
  • Social media companies that own or operate a social media service, as to Utah account holders and Utah minor account holders (under 18, not emancipated or married) (13-71-101(8), (13)-(14), (16)-(17))

What a privacy notice must say

  • Provide an easily accessible and understandable notice describing information collected from a Utah minor account holder and how it may be used or disclosed.Utah Code 13-71-202(3) · Only if: Enjoined
  • Verifiable parental consent requires advance notice to the parent of information practices for the minor's personal information and confirmation of receipt.Utah Code 13-71-101(18) · Only if: Enjoined

Practices it requires

  • Implement an age assurance system at least 95% accurate, with an appeal process and segregated age-assurance data.Utah Code 13-71-201 · Only if: Enjoined
  • Apply maximum-privacy defaults for minor accounts (restricted collection and sale, no search indexing, messaging limited to connected accounts, data download, deletion on request) and disable autoplay, infinite scroll, and push notifications.Utah Code 13-71-202 · Only if: Enjoined
  • Provide supervisory tools and require parental consent to change minor defaults.Utah Code 13-71-203, 13-71-204 · Only if: Enjoined

Sources

Checked against these sources on 2026-09-23 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.

Unverified: Whether the Tenth Circuit decided NetChoice v. Brown (No. 24-4100) after the last available docket entry (2025-12-31); no opinion was found and the court's site refused automated access. | Division rules on age assurance under 13-71 were not reviewed.

Research reference, not legal advice.