SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) — A technology industry group is suing Utah, claiming the state’s law requiring app stores to verify users’ ages before they download smartphone applications amounts to “censorship” and violates the First Amendment.
The Computer and Communications Industry Association filed a complaint in federal court on Thursday against Utah Attorney General Derek Brown and the director of the state’s Division of Consumer Protection, seeking to block the state from enforcing the law.
The lawsuit comes after a similar law in Texas was halted by a U.S. District Court, which found it likely violated free speech protections, according to the Texas Tribune…