The intention of the law seems to be a step towards restricting youth access to social media.
Which is, well, what all social media apps aim to do to all demographics.
The UKs recently passed Online Safety Act requires online platforms to prevent children from seeing age-inappropriate content.
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Vivek Murthy, the U.S.
There are many reasons why one might not want to share their personal information with a website.
Individuals may want to express themselves without fear of being identified.
Utah already approved a similar bill focused on social media, and the courts rightly blocked it.
The same thing is likely to happen here,saidChamber of Progress Government Relations Senior Director Robert Singleton.
This bill invades everyones privacy and forces even adults to share sensitive data just to use their own devices.
Instead of making the internet safer, this bill invites new risks and unintended harm.
Counterintuitively, age verification laws could make the internet more dangerousfor both teens and adults.
If teens are to be restricted from using social media, that decision should probably rest with parents.
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