Section 230 Claims Booted From Utah Social Media Law Challenge

A federal judge granted the Utah attorney general’s motion to dismiss part of tech trade group NetChoice’s lawsuit to block a state law regulating minors’ use of social media.

Challenges to the Utah Minor Protection in Social Media Act’s prohibitions on autoplay videos, infinite scrolling, and notifications “impose liability for conduct that falls beyond the protections” of Section 230 of the federal Communications Act, which protects platforms from liability for user-generated content, Judge Robert J. Shelby wrote in an order Monday. Shelby rejected NetChoice’s argument that the Utah law is preempted by the federal statute’s protections for its members, ...