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Is childproofing the internet constitutional? A legal expert explains

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A wave of state laws have recently passed across the U.S. addressing a variety of online harms affecting children.

Meg Leta Jones : Mounting pressure to regulate children’s use of technology in the United States raises the question: Is childproofing the internet constitutional? Jones: Last time the constitutionality of age-gating the internet came before the Supreme Court , the law did not survive.

Meg Leta Jones is an associate professor of technology law & policy at Georgetown University .

If age-gating laws are upheld as constitutional, more big changes are likely to follow, she says.

Jones: Nobody knows how the Supreme Court will answer these three questions this time around.

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