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NetChoice US challenge to Tennessee, Ohio laws cites 2005 ruling on video games

By Mike Swift ( February 4, 2026, 21:20 GMT | Insight) -- The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit heard oral argument Wednesday in parallel cases in which the states of Ohio and Tennessee are seeking to assert laws that limit social media access to minors, triggering litigation brought by NetChoice. In both cases, the shadow of a 2005 Supreme Court case that struck down a California ban on minors' access to violent video games framed the arguments for the judges and lawyers in the case.The national question of whether new state laws that regulate minors’ access to social media are constitutional reached another federal appeals court Wednesday, as judges probed how closely new Ohio and Tennessee laws echo an unconstitutional California bid two decades ago to block minors from violent video games....

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