![]() NetChoice, the tech industry lobbying group representing giants such as Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Meta Platforms Inc., is leading the Arkansas challenge. Dozens of other states looking to protect kids online-often citing concerns about teen mental health and exposure to inappropriate content-have considered a variety of approaches to age verification that differ on how age is verified and what data is retained. The Arkansas’ law requires age verification on social media accounts and parental permissions for setting one up for those under age 18. “The company technically needs to comply with the other laws, but are they going to if in one state the challenge is successful?” “So the question would become, if one law is sort of not going to be in effect, what happens with the other laws if there’s inconsistency?” said Melissa Krasnow, a partner advising clients on privacy issues for VLP Law Group LLP. The clash raises fundamental questions about free speech and privacy-some of which have already been litigated and decided over the last two decades, attorneys told Bloomberg Law. The individual court challenges play into a broader legal battle between the tech industry and state policymakers over new efforts to institute age-verification methods online. ![]() In both decisions, federal judges were convinced by initial arguments that the laws burdened access to free speech in violation of the First Amendment. ![]() Litigants in Arkansas and Texas recently won temporary injunctions that halted enforcement of new laws mandating age-verification on certain social media platforms and on websites containing adult content, respectively. ![]() Federal courts in two states recently paused the enforcement of laws requiring individuals to verify their age in certain online settings, in back-to-back decisions that complicate the policy debate swirling around how best to protect children online without running afoul of the US Constitution. ![]()
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