2025-08-24
Mississippi's age-verification law is currently in effect because the Fifth Circuit paused @NetChoice's injunction. We got a taste of what these laws looked like when the UK brought age-verification online a couple of weeks ago. Now we're seeing the same thing happen in
TechCrunch
Bluesky blocks access to its service in Mississippi, saying it doesn't have the resources to comply with the state's broad new law requiring age verification
Bluesky's decision to drop out of the Mississippi market … Rob Pegoraro / PCMag : Bluesky Blocks Mississippi Users Instead of Making Them Prove They're Over 18 Ashton Pittman / Mis...
2025-08-23
Mississippi's age-verification law is currently in effect because the Fifth Circuit paused @NetChoice's injunction. We got a taste of what these laws looked like when the UK brought age-verification online a couple of weeks ago. Now we're seeing the same thing happen in
TechCrunch
Bluesky blocks access to its service in Mississippi, saying it doesn't have the resources to comply with the state's broad new law requiring age verification
Social networking startup Bluesky has made the decision to block access to its service in the state of Mississippi, rather than comply with a new age assurance law.
2023-06-30
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/
Associated Press
Trade group NetChoice, whose members include Meta and Twitter, sues Arkansas over a law requiring parental permission for minors to open social media accounts
Andrew DeMillo / Associated Press :
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/...
Associated Press
Trade group NetChoice, whose members include Meta and Twitter, sues Arkansas over a law requiring parental permission for minors to open social media accounts
Andrew DeMillo / Associated Press :
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/
Associated Press
Trade group NetChoice, whose members include Meta and Twitter, sues Arkansas over a law requiring parental permission for minors to open social media accounts
Andrew DeMillo / Associated Press :
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/
Associated Press
Trade group NetChoice, whose members include Meta and Twitter, sues Arkansas over a law requiring parental permission for minors to open social media accounts
Andrew DeMillo / Associated Press :
2023-05-19
“This is a huge win for free speech on the internet,” said NetChoice Litigation Center Director @ChrisMarchese9. “The Court was asked to undermine Section 230—and declined.” Read the @NetChoice statement here: https://netchoice.org/... https://twitter.com/...
CNN
SCOTUS declines to address Section 230 protections in Gonzalez v. Google and shields Twitter from liability for terror-related content in Twitter v. Taamneh
“This is a huge win for free speech on the internet,” said NetChoice Litigation Center Director @ChrisMarchese9. “The Court was asked to undermine Section 230—and declined.” Read the @NetChoice statement here: https://netchoice.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Techdirt
A look at SCOTUS' rulings on Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh and why explanations given for Section 230's existence could bode well for the Internet
Our long national wait for how the Supreme Court would rule regarding Section 230 is over, and the answer is... we need to keep waiting.