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Mississippi ’s HB 1126 is a bill that imposes age verification mandates on social media services across the internet.
EFF , ACLU and ACLU of Mississippi filed an amicus brief on Thursday asking a federal appellate court to continue to block the bill.
The law requires all users to verify their age before accessing social media.
It also places unnecessary restrictions on adults’ speech.
Online age verification laws like HB 1126 are not new, and courts across the country have consistently ruled them unconstitutional.
In cases from Arkansas to Ohio to Utah , courts have struck down similar online age-verification mandates because they burden users’ access to, and ability to engage with, protected speech.
By imposing age verification requirements on all users, laws undermine First Amendment rights of both minors and adults.
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