Utah Sues Snapchat For Unleashing Experimental AI Technology On Young Users While Misrepresenting the Safety of the Platform
First-of-its-Kind Lawsuit Under Utah Consumer Privacy Act for Snap’s Data-Sharing Practices SALT LAKE CITY, UT— Today, Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox, Utah Attorney General Derek Brown, and the Utah Department of Commerce’s Margaret Busse announced a lawsuit against Snap, Inc. (Snap). Utah alleges that Snap profits from unconscionable design features created to addict children to the app, and facilitates illegal...
June 30, 2025
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Diabetes Patients – The Utah Division of Consumer Protection Wants to Hear From You
Are you or someone you know struggling to afford insulin? If so, you’re not alone. Share your experience at dcp.utah.gov/insulin...
November 16, 2023
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Utah sues Meta for child addiction harm and deceiving parents about dangers of Facebook and Instagram
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox and Attorney General Sean D. Reyes today announced a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Inc. and its subsidiary Instagram, LLC, over their flagship social media products, Facebook and Instagram. The state alleges that the social media giant has violated the Utah Consumer Sales Practices Act by designing the platforms to trap children in excessive, harmful use that causes serious mental health issues. Meta also deceived parents and young users about the safety of using Instagram and Facebook....
October 24, 2023
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Utah sues TikTok over child addiction harm, targets “enmeshment” with its China-based parent company
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — Today, Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox and Attorney General
Sean D. Reyes announced a lawsuit against TikTok. After extensive investigation, the state
alleges the social media giant illegally baits children into addictive and unhealthy use, blatantly
misrepresents the app’s safety, and deceptively portrays itself as independent of its China-based
parent company ByteDance....
October 11, 2023
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