Utah House Advances Social, PSAP Bills

A Utah House bill to regulate social media cleared the chamber’s Public Utilities, Energy and Technology Committee by a 7-2 vote Monday. HB-524 would include requiring platforms to disclose content moderation practices and banning them from censoring users or banning or suspending accounts based on the user’s viewpoint. Platforms could still censor expression that they're “specifically authorized to censor under state or federal law” and certain kinds of unsavory content. Also on Monday, the Utah House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee voted 8-0 to advance a public safety bill (SB-212) including a provision allowing agencies to create a public safety answering point to provide 911 service to noncontiguous areas (see 2302160026).