NetChoice Seeks Extension to Support Injunction vs. Utah Social Media Law
NetChoice seeks a two-week deadline extension, to July 12, to reply in support of its motion for a preliminary injunction to block Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes (R) from enforcing the state’s newly enacted Minor Protection in Social Media Act…
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when it takes effect Oct. 1 (see 2405060006), said NetChoice’s unopposed motion Monday (docket 2:23-cv-00911) in U.S. District Court for Utah in Salt Lake City. The “modest extension” will give NetChoice adequate time to respond to the arguments raised in Reyes’ 60-page opposition brief and won’t delay the close of briefing in this case, said the motion. NetChoice will still file its opposition to Reyes’ motion to dismiss on June 28, it said. Reyes is seeking the dismissal of count VI of NetChoice’s 11-count complaint that argues Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act preempts Utah’s new social media law (see 2406030026). NetChoice opposes the statute as “an unconstitutional restriction on minors’ and adults’ ability to access and engage in protected speech.”