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US judge blocks Mississippi's age verification law as unconstitutional

By Maria Dinzeo ( June 18, 2025, 20:30 GMT | Insight) -- Mississippi is temporarily blocked from enforcing a new law requiring social media users to verify their ages and minors to obtain parental consent to access the platforms, with a federal judge ruling the measure likely violates the First Amendment rights of eight social media companies including Meta Platforms, Reddit, Snapchat and YouTube.A US federal judge has blocked Mississippi from enforcing its law requiring social media users to verify their ages and for minors to obtain parental consent before creating accounts, ruling today that the measure likely violates the First Amendment....

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