A US federal judge blocks Ohio from implementing a law that would require social media companies to obtain parental consent for kids under 16 to use their apps
This matter is before this Court on Plaintiff NetChoice, LLC's ("NetChoice") … Krista Chavez / NetChoice : NetChoice Halts Ohio Law: 4th Ruling Stopping Laws That Fail Kids, Parents & Constitution Sarah Szilagy / WCMH-TV : Ohio's social media parental consent law blocked by judge as likely unconstitutional Tonya Riley / Bloomberg Law : Teen Social Media Restrictions in Ohio Blocked by Judge Jacob Ogles / Florida Politics : Tech-backed campaign demands lawmakers fix social media ban by empowering parents X: Kate Siefert / @katewsyx6 : An judge granted a preliminary injunction in @NetChoice's lawsuit to block an Ohio social media age check law. “We won't give up. We can't watch a generation of children become victimized by these companies and we will do everything in our power to protect them.” - @LtGovHusted Governor Mike DeWine / @govmikedewine : My response to the court decision of preliminary injunction that blocks the Social Media Parental Notification Act: ["The Social Media Parental Notification Act remains a reasonable, clear, narrowly tailored, and, I believe, lawful approach to provide safeguards and parental guidance. I am disappointed in today's ruling by the district court and respectfully disagree with it. Since the federal courts are interpreting federal constitutional law as preventing the State of Ohio from protecting Ohio's children, then Congress needs to act to protect our country's children"] Ari Cohn / @aricohn : There has been an extremely stupid idea going around that states can make an end-run around the First Amendment by saying “this bill just regulates minors' ability to agree to terms of service, it has nothing to do with speech!” Judge Marbley was rightfully having none of that. [image] Lt. Governor Jon Husted / @ltgovhusted : 🗞️ @GovMikeDeWine, Lt. Governor @JonHusted Release Statements Following Court Decision of Preliminary Injunction that Blocks Social Media Parental Notification Act ➡️ Read their full statements here: https://content.govdelivery.com/ ... [image] @senatorshoshana : hmm if only someone had repeatedly warned lawmakers @netchoice : NETCHOICE HALTS OHIO LAW: 4TH RULING STOPPING LAWS THAT FAIL KIDS, PARENTS & CONSTITUTION COLUMBUS, Ohio—Today, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio officially granted NetChoice's request to halt the state's unconstitutional Parental Notification by Social... James Czerniawski / @jamescz19 : Color me shocked, shocked, that the Courts once again enjoins one of these state proposals. Not like we haven't been warning states about these outcomes or anything.🙃 Protecting kids online is important, these legislative proposals are not the answer. [image]