NetChoice filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Middle Louisiana against Attorney General Liz Murrill (R) over an act that would require age verification before a user could access social media platforms. The action Tuesday alleges the legislation violates the First Amendment and poses a serious threat to online safety and cybersecurity.
The U.S. District Court for Northern Florida on Monday dismissed a case against Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) over a bill prohibiting kids 13 and younger from creating social media accounts and requiring parental consent for 14- and 15-year-olds to create accounts. The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and NetChoice, plaintiffs in the case, failed to allege standing, the court said.
The U.S. District Court for Northern Florida on Thursday denied a Computer and Communications Industry Association motion for a preliminary injunction against a state kids social media bill. CCIA failed to show likelihood of standing, the court said.
In a win for trade association NetChoice, on Thursday the U.S. District Court for Northern California granted a preliminary injunction against California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA), which aims to protect the privacy and safety of children online. The injunction enjoins California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) and his office from enforcing the act. Judge Beth Labson Freeman said the definition of coverage in CAADCA was content-based and violated the First Amendment.
Judge Algenon Marbley for the U.S. District Court of Southern Ohio, peppered the state with questions about content neutrality Wednesday during oral argument in NetChoice v. Yost. The case concerns NetChoice's challenge of an Ohio age-verification law that requires websites targeting children younger than 18 to obtain parental consent before engaging in contracts with minors, among other things.
The U.S. District Court for Northern California on Thursday granted NetChoice’s request for a preliminary injunction against California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA) aimed at protecting the privacy and safety of children online. California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) and his office are enjoined from enforcing the act.
Three amicus briefs were submitted to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday supporting California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) in a case about a bill regulating social media feeds for minors. The legislation, S.B.-976, would make it illegal for internet-based services and applications to provide an addictive feed to a user younger than 18 unless the operator does not know that the user is a minor.
A U.S. district court judge approved an agreement by the parties Tuesday delaying California AG Rob Bonta (D) from enforcing certain provisions of the state’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act until at least April 5. NetChoice is challenging the legislation in court.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) filed an answering brief in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday, reiterating that the bill regulating kids’ social media feeds at the center of the case is constitutional, and that plaintiff NetChoice failed to compile a record showing how the legislation would impact platforms -- including those of NetChoice members -- across the internet.
NetChoice renewed its motion to stay district court proceedings Tuesday in a case about California’s SB-976, a social media law that the association alleges undermines free speech and privacy principles and leaves Californians at risk of data breaches and identity theft (see 2501060009).