The Supreme Court declined to block a Mississippi law requiring social media age verification for users, despite an emergency appeal from NetChoice, a tech industry group. The court's unsigned order suggests NetChoice has not demonstrated legal harm if the law is enforced. Justice Brett Kavanaugh noted potential constitutional challenges but supported the court's decision. The law is seen as a response to growing concerns about social media's impact on youth mental health, with proponents arguing it protects children from abuse and exploitation.
The justices rejected an emergency appeal from a tech industry group, NetChoice, that is challenging laws passed in Mississippi and other states that require social media users to verify their ages.
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch told the justices that age verification could help protect young people from sexual abuse, trafficking, physical violence, sextortion, and more, activities that Fitch noted are not protected by the First Amendment.
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