Superseded 7/1/2027

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Effective 7/1/2026

Superseded 7/1/2027

13-81-101. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

(1)"Open protocol" means a publicly available technical standard that:

(a)enables interoperability and data exchange between social media services by providing a common data infrastructure where multiple social media services can access, contribute to, and synchronize a user's personal data;

(b)is free from:

(i)licensing fees; and

(ii)patent restrictions; and

(c)governs how social media services communicate and exchange data with each other.

(a)"Personal data" means the same as that term is defined in Section 13-61-101 .

(b)"Personal data" includes a user's social graph.

(a)"Social graph" means data that represents a person's connections and interactions within a social media service.

(b)"Social graph" includes:

(i)the person's social connections with other users;

(ii)content created by the person;

(iii)the person's responses to other users' content, including comments, reactions, and shares;

(iv)other users' responses to the person's content; and

(v)metadata associated with the items described in Subsections (3)(b)(i) through (iv).

(c)"Social graph" does not include another user's or an entity's content and responses that have been designated private by those users and entities, including private messages.

(4)"Social media company" means an entity that owns or operates a social media service.

(a)"Social media service" means a public website or application that:

(i)displays content that is primarily generated by account holders and not by the social media company;

(ii)permits an individual to register as an account holder and create a profile that is made visible to the general public or a set of other users defined by the account holder;

(iii)connects account holders to allow users to interact socially with each other within the website or application; and

(iv)allows account holders to post content viewable by other users.

(b)"Social media service" does not include:

(i)email;

(ii)cloud storage; or

(iii)document viewing, sharing, or collaboration services.

(6)"User" means an individual located in the state who accesses or uses a social media service.

Enacted by Chapter 468 , 2025 General Session

Technically renumbered to avoid duplication of newly enacted code also in HB0217, Chapter 226, also in HB0430, Chapter 266, also in SB0142, Chapter 446, also in HB0441, Chapter 032, also in HB0418, Chapter 468, also in SB0226, Chapter 465.