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Why does the US differ on content moderation? Blame the First Amendment

By Mike Swift ( December 9, 2025, 14:40 GMT | Comment) -- Government social media age restrictions, such as the one coming into force this week in Australia, or broad content-moderation laws such as those in the EU and the UK, are impossible in the US because they are in fatal conflict with First Amendment rights to free speech. There are moves to edge around this constitutional obstacle, but one effect is that platforms are choosing to block access to all minors — or even to everyone in certain states.Social-media platform Bluesky made a painful regulatory call this year: Rather than comply with a new children’s online safety law in the US state of Mississippi by blocking access to minors, it would instead block everyone in the state....

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