Utah Data Sharing Law Creates Path to Upend Social Media Model
April 3, 2025 – Media MentionLitigation Partner James Molen spoke with Bloomberg Law about Utah’s one-of-a-kind law creating new data portability and interoperability requirements for social media companies.
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“It’s precedent setting,” said James R. Molen, partner at Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP. “It’s the first state law that explicitly requires social media companies to actually build tools that let users transfer their personal data to other services.”
“It’s going to require an actual going into the guts of these platforms and making changes in order to comply,” Molen said.
"Utah’s novel approach to regulating social media may catch on. Yet, even shy of spreading, the law will already have national implications given social media companies operate across states," Molen said.
“It’s going to create a major shift in the market, and you’re probably going to see other states following suit,” he said.
