{"id":1968024,"date":"2023-07-09T16:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T20:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-governor-gearing-up-to-sue-social-media-companies-for-causing-harm-to-youth\/"},"modified":"2023-07-09T16:46:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T20:46:40","slug":"utah-governor-gearing-up-to-sue-social-media-companies-for-causing-harm-to-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-governor-gearing-up-to-sue-social-media-companies-for-causing-harm-to-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah governor set to sue social media firms over youth harm."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futah-governor-gearing-up-to-sue-social-media-companies-for-causing-harm-to-youth%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1968024&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Gov. Spencer Cox Plans to Sue Social Media Companies Over Harm to Utah Youth<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) has announced his intention to take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-canvassers-rescind-their-votes-to-certify-wayne-county-michigan-results\/\" title=\"Republican Canvassers Rescind Their Votes to Certify Wayne County, Michigan, Results\">legal action<\/a> against various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-poll-watcher-it-expert-non-trump-supporter-affidavit-sudden-surge-of-20000-mail-in-votes-for-biden-in-early-hours-on-nov\/\" title=\"GA Poll Watcher, IT Expert, Non-Trump Supporter Affidavit: Sudden Surge of 20,000 Mail-In-Votes For Biden In Early Hours On Nov\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> companies<\/a>, holding them accountable for the harm caused to Utah&#8217;s youth. This comes several months after Cox implemented new regulations aimed at limiting young people&#8217;s access to social media.<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on CBS News&#8217;s Face the Nation, Cox revealed that lawsuits will be filed &#8220;in the coming months&#8221; to ensure that social media companies are held responsible for their actions.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We believe they&#8217;ve known about the dangers; some of this has been leaked out, Meta and others, very clear evidence that they knew the harms that their products were causing to kids, and that they intentionally tried to hide that information,&#8221; Cox stated on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In March, the governor signed a series of bills into law that regulate and restrict teenagers&#8217; and children&#8217;s access to social media. These laws include age requirements and parental access, setting the stage for a clash with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-say-facebook-lied-about-risks-to-teens\/\" title=\"House Republicans Say Facebook Lied About Risks to Teens\">social media industry<\/a>. The industry argues that these bills infringe upon teenagers&#8217; First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>While several states have been advocating for laws to regulate the impact of social media on teenagers, Utah&#8217;s laws are the first of their kind in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Cox acknowledges that enforcing these laws will be challenging and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-governor-gearing-up-to-sue-social-media-companies-for-causing-harm-to-youth\/\" title=\"Utah governor set to sue social media firms over youth harm.\">anticipates facing legal opposition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I suspect that at some point, the Supreme Court will weigh in on this decision when it comes to restricting youth access,&#8221; Cox expressed. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What we&#8217;re trying to do is give families more control over what is happening on social media,&#8221; Cox emphasized. &#8220;When you look at the new research that&#8217;s coming out, there&#8217;s not just a correlation between social media use and an increase in suicide, anxiety, depression, self-harm; there is a causal link there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) intends to sue social media companies for harming Utah youth, following the implementation of regulations to restrict their access. Cox stated on CBS News&#8217;s Face the Nation that lawsuits will be filed &#8220;in the coming months&#8221; to ensure social media companies are held responsible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1968025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1968024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1968024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1968025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1968024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1968024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}