NetChoice says win against Texas law supports stay of Mississippi child-safety law
( July 28, 2026, 19:11 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: NetChoice told a US appeals court that a recent decision against Texas’ youth online-safety law supports affirming an injunction against Mississippi’s social media age-verification law. “Here, the Mississippi statute’s exception for content that a minor ‘deliberately and independently search[es] for’ or ‘specifically request[s]’ reinforces that § 6 otherwise regulates presentation of third-party content. As a result, § 6’s ‘monitoring and filtering requirement is preempted,’ and Paxton requires affirmance on § 230 grounds,” it said. See attached file. ...
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