Arkansas Social Media Age Verification Law Struck Down
2025-04-01
A federal judge has struck down an Arkansas law requiring social media companies to verify the ages of their users, ruling it unconstitutional. This is a win for social media companies and digital rights groups who opposed the law, which mandated age verification for users under 18 and parental consent. The judge deemed the law overly broad, a content-based restriction on speech violating the First Amendment. While this is a victory for NetChoice, which challenged the law, age verification legislation is unlikely to disappear soon, with similar laws in other states still pending.
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