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Va.'s one-hour social media limit for young teens blocked by US judge

By Mike Swift ( February 28, 2026, 00:26 GMT | Insight) -- A federal judge in Virginia has blocked enforcement of a new state law that imposes a one-hour time limit on the use of social media by teens under the age of 16. In granting an injunction sought by tech industry group NetChoice, US District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ruled that the law, SB 854, is a content-based restriction of speech that can't pass First Amendment strict scrutiny.Virginia’s one-hour time limit on the social media use of young teens is a content-based restriction that violates the First Amendment of the US constitution, a federal judge ruled Friday, granting an injunction blocking enforcement of the law....

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