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Utah social media law requiring age verification blocked by judge

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A federal judge blocks a Utah child safety law requiring social platforms to verify the ages of their users.

NetChoice , the technology trade association that includes Meta , Snap , Google , and X, sued the state to block the law in December 2023 .

The law was supposed to go into effect on October 1st .