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Mississippi social media law should be allowed to proceed, state AG tells appeals court

( August 27, 2024, 16:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Mississippi Attorney General told a US appeals court that the state’s social media age-verification law does not violate the First Amendment because it regulates the non-expressive conduct of covered platforms. The brief said that the law requires those platforms to make reasonable efforts to verify age, obtain parental consent, and adopt a harm-mitigation strategy. “None of those requirements regulates speech and so none is subject to First Amendment scrutiny.” The AG also argued that NetChoice lacks standing to bring its challenge to the law since it does not claim its speech is being regulated. The state is seeking to reversal of a preliminary injunction against the law. See document below. ...

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