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Utah sues TikTok over China connections, manipulating children with addictive design

TechSpot

In the suit, filed by Utah's Division of Consumer Protection (UDCP), Attorney General Sean Reyes accuses TikTok of violating Utah's consumer laws by deploying and marketing "an addictive product with design features intended to manipulate children." Read Entire Article

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The Unsung Hero in Fundraising Campaigns Isn’t Raffles—It’s Sweepstakes!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

But , raffle laws vary from state to state—in many states (13, the last time we checked), online raffles are flat-out illegal. Furthermore, raffles of any kind are 100% against the law in Alabama, Hawaii, and Utah.

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Pornhub parent company blocks access to its sites in Montana and North Carolina over age verification laws

TechSpot

After Louisiana brought in age verification laws in early 2023, Utah, Arkansas, Mississippi, Virginia, and Texas introduced similar versions. Montana and North Carolina are the latest to demand websites confirm visitors' ages via ID verification, and Pornhub's parent Aylo – formerly called MindGeek – isn't happy about it.

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Please Join VisionLink In Welcoming Aaron Titus To Our Proud Family!

VisionLink

As an attorney he specializes in internet, technology, privacy, and corporate law and has consulted organizations on legal requirements, risk identification, risk management, and developing a corporate culture of privacy. from the George Washington School of Law, and his undergraduate degree in Architecture from the University of Utah.

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A court decision in favor of startup UpCodes may help shape open access to the law

TechCrunch

Though both focus on the building industry (specifically, the codes architects and builders need to follow), the lawsuit deals with an issue that has wider ramifications: is it possible to copyright the law, or text that carries the weight of the law? ” Can the law be copyrighted?

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Conspiracy theorists and white supremacists want to ‘incite fear’ by targeting cell towers

The Verge

A cell is upgraded to handle 5G signals in Orem, Utah. An anonymous federal law enforcement official told The Intercept that while threats to infrastructure were not unusual, it was strange to see three grouped together in such a short time. Photo by GEORGE FREY/AFP via Getty Images.

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Epic largely lost to Apple, but 35 states are now backing its fight in a higher court

The Verge

In an opening appeal brief filed last week, Epic argued that letting the ruling stand “would upend established principles of antitrust law and.undermine sound antitrust policy.”. The stakes are high for Microsoft and other businesses that depend on antitrust laws to protect competition on the merits.” (It Public Citizen.

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