"A Louisiana law that would have required social media platforms to verify the ages of their users has been blocked by a judge. The law, known as the Secure Online Child Interaction and Age Limitation, was passed in 2023 and required Meta, Reddit, Snap, YouTube Discord and others to implement age verification and parental control features. The ruling came just days before the law, which technically took effect over the summer, would have started to be enforced."
"The group had argued that the law was unconstitutional and posed a safety and security risk. In a statement following the ruling, the group pointed to the "massive privacy risk" posed by the Louisiana law and others like it. "Louisiana's law would have done more than chill speech," Paul Taske, the co-director of NetChoice's Litigation Center said. "It would have created a massive privacy risk for Louisianans like those playing out in real time in countries without a First Amendment, like the UK.""
A 2023 Louisiana law called the Secure Online Child Interaction and Age Limitation would have required major social media platforms to verify user ages and add parental-control features. A judge blocked enforcement days before the law would have been applied, finding the age-verification and parental-consent requirements both over- and under-inclusive and calling the law's definition of "social media platform" nebulous. NetChoice, a tech-industry lobbying group, challenged the law as unconstitutional and argued it posed safety, security, and privacy risks. NetChoice warned the law would chill speech and create a massive privacy risk for users. The Louisiana Attorney General did not immediately respond.
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