Utah § 5c-402 - Data service providers -- Internet content harmful to minors.
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§ 5c-402. Data service providers -- Internet content harmful to minors.
Effective 5/6/2026 76-5c-402.
Data service providers -- Internet content harmful to minors.
(1)
(a)
Upon request by a consumer, a service provider shall filter content to prevent the transmission of material harmful to minors to the consumer.
(b)
A service provider complies with Subsection (1)(a) if the service provider makes a good faith effort to apply a generally accepted and commercially reasonable method of filtering.
(c)
At the time of a consumer's subscription to a service provider's service, the service provider shall notify the consumer in a conspicuous manner that the consumer may request to have material harmful to minors blocked under Subsection (1)(a).
(2)
A service provider shall, no later than July 1 of each even-numbered year, provide information to the division that describes how the service provider complies with Subsection (1)(a).
(3)
The division shall:
(a)
publish on the division's website a compilation of the information the division receives under Subsection (2); and
(b)
update the compilation described in Subsection (3)(a) by July 1 of each odd-numbered year.
(4)
(a)
A service provider may comply with Subsection (1)(a) by providing in-network filtering to prevent the receipt of material harmful to minors, provided that the filtering does not affect or interfere with access to internet content for consumers who do not request filtering under Subsection (1)(a).
(b)
A service provider may comply with Subsection (1)(a) by engaging a third party to provide or referring a consumer to a third party that provides a commercially reasonable method of filtering to block the receipt of material harmful to minors.
(c)
A service provider may charge a consumer a commercially reasonable fee for providing filtering under this Subsection (4).
(5)
If the attorney general determines that a service provider violates Subsection (1), the attorney general shall:
(a)
notify the service provider that the service provider is in violation of Subsection (1); and
(b)
notify the service provider that the service provider has 90 days to comply with the provision being violated or be subject to the civil penalties described in Subsection (6).
(6)
(a)
A service provider that intentionally or knowingly violates Subsection (1)(a) is subject to a civil fine of $2,500 for each separate violation of Subsection (1)(a), up to $15,000 per day.
(b)
A service provider that intentionally or knowingly violates Subsection (1)(c) is subject to a civil fine up to $10,000.
(7)
Only the attorney general may bring an action to impose a civil fine under Subsection (6).
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