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Senate narrowly approves default content-filter bill for new devices after heated debate
Summary
Second Substitute House Bill 72, requiring certain new consumer devices to ship with content filters toggled on by default (conditional on five other states adopting similar rules), passed the Senate after extended floor debate about feasibility and constitutional risk.
The Utah Senate passed Second Substitute House Bill 72, a bill that would require tablets, smartphones and similar devices sold or activated after a set date to include filters or toggles capable of blocking material harmful to minors and to have those filters turned on by default. Sponsor Sen. Mike Harper framed the measure as a child-safety step, saying the requirement would ensure devices "have the filters and the toggles already on capable of blocking that material to be turned on." The…
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