The law in Utah exists to prevent young people from communicating with like-minded peers in communities like r/exmormon or r/lgbt. The issue is billion dollar

The law in Utah exists to prevent young people from communicating with like-minded peers in communities like r/exmormon or r/lgbt. The issue is billion dollar companies manipulating people for profit, not that people are able to communicate with each other over the internet. It's entirely possible to host communities that aren't corrupted by investors who want 1000x returns on their investments. However, the Utah law defines social media as any online forum belonging to a site with more than 5m users that allows people to register accounts and interact with others[1]: > (9) "Social media company" means a person or entity that: > (a) provides a social media platform that has at least 5,000,000 account holders worldwide; and > (b) is an interactive computer service. > (10)(a) "Social media platform" means an online forum that a social media company makes available for an account holder to: > (i) create a profile; > (ii) upload posts; > (iii) view the posts of other account holders; and > (iv) interact with other account holders or users. The law uses broad strokes to ban much more than just social media, it bans any group or community that might belong to a parent site that has a moderately-sized user base. In effect, the law isolates anyone under 18 who might want to find community outside of their potentially abusive or extremist parents. [1] https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title13/Chapter63/13-63-S101.html?v=C13-63-S101_2023050320230503 https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title13/Chapter63/13-63-S101.html?...