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• @nsaadbembridge Nicole Saad Bembridge on x

  @NetChoice just filed a lawsuit challenging Arkansas's internet age-gating law, SB 396, which: - limits minors from accessing social media, and - requires all Arkansans to provide sensitive personal information - usually gov't-issued ID - in order to use the internet freely

• @paul_taske Paul Taske on x

  The First Amendment. 1A forbids government discrimination against content, viewpoint, or speakers. Yet, SB 396 makes distinctions based on each by targeting certain social speech & speakers for disfavored treatment. SB 396's distinctions are textbook 1A violations. 2/

• @netchoice @netchoice on x

  Today, NetChoice filed a lawsuit against Arkansas to protect constitutional freedoms in the Digital Age. SB 396 makes Arkansans' First Amendment rights contingent on whether they hand over their most sensitive, personal data. Read NetChoice v. Griffin: https://netchoice.org/... […

• @paul_taske Paul Taske on x

  Vagueness. Due Process requires that laws give fair notice of what is forbidden and who is covered by the law. SB 396 covers social media companies where profiles are created “for the primary purpose of interacting socially.” Yet, it leaves “primary purpose” undefined. 3/

• @chrismarchese9 Chris Marchese on x

  Excellent background on our lawsuit against Arkansas over its unconstitutional age-verification law. https://apnews.com/...

• @paul_taske Paul Taske on x

  Does @Spotify count? @Pinterest? @Goodreads? Laws w/o appropriate definitions are unconstitutionally vague. Preemption. SB 396 proponents argue that the law is necessary to protect minors online. But Congress has already acted in this space through COPPA. 4/

• @paul_taske Paul Taske on x

  We flesh out these arguments in more detail in our complaint. Of course, SB 396 presents other issues as well. The First Amendment protects the right to speak anonymously. SB 396 makes that impossible in Arkansas because it requires age verification. 7/ https://netchoice.org/...

• @voiceofd Dylan McLemore on x

  There it is. Meta, TikTok & Twitter sue Arkansas on First Amendment grounds over its law requiring age verification to create social media accounts. I break down potential issues with the law up-thread. Story by @ademillo https://apnews.com/...

• @tommarslaw Tom Mars on x

  Another predictable lawsuit against the State of Arkansas alleging constitutional violations: “The lawsuit argues that the new requirement violates the constitutional rights of [social media] users and singles out types of speech that would be restricted.” https://twitter.com/...