Mississippi's attorney general asked the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to let stand a state law that requires parental consent for those younger than 18 to create accounts with certain digital service providers. AG Lynn Fitch (R) argued that the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which on July 17 allowed the previously-enjoined law to go into effect with a stay on a lower court's injunction, had "compelling, independent merits grounds for issuing the stay."
In another attempt to support the state's 2023 social media safety law, Arkansas AG Tim Griffin (R) asked the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday to toss a district court ruling that blocked the measure.
The U.S. Supreme Court should block a Mississippi age-verification statute as it violates the First Amendment, a coalition of advocacy organizations said in an amicus brief supporting NetChoice.
A federal judge will not change or amend an earlier ruling that permanently enjoined an Arkansas social media safety act, according to a court document filed Wednesday.
NetChoice asked a federal court to ignore the Maryland attorney general's request that a case about the constitutionality of the state's Age-Appropriate Design Code (MAADC) Act be dropped. The organization argued that it proved standing and plausibly alleged violations of the First and Fifth Amendments.
NetChoice appealed a decision Friday of a district court that declined to block a Tennessee law requiring that social media companies verify the age of account holders and gain parental consent from users younger than 18 before they can open accounts. The organization appealed the decision to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
NetChoice asked the U.S. Supreme Court to quickly reinstate a preliminary injunction on a Mississippi age-verification law in an emergency application Monday. The tech group appealed just days after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay of HB-1126 with no explanation, allowing it to go into effect for the time being (see 2507170019).
A Mississippi law requiring parental consent for those younger than 18 to create accounts with certain digital service providers will go into effect for now, despite pending litigation against it.
NetChoice asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to continue to block a Mississippi age-verification law that a district court enjoined in June (see 2506180051) while the case is pending. Yet Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R) noted in a July 2 court document that the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton affirms age-verification measures. Fitch has vowed to fight for the "commonsense" law (see 2506200009).
Several advocacy groups filed amicus briefs supporting NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) in a case challenging a 2023 law requiring social media companies to verify users’ ages and obtain parental consent for children younger than 18.