US EditionTrade group asks Supreme Court to limit Mississippi’s social media law
MISSISSIPPI, UNITED STATES, JUL 23 – NetChoice argues the law violates privacy and free speech and highlights potential compliance costs exceeding budgets, while Mississippi defends it as protecting children from online harms.
- NetChoice, a tech trade group including Google and Meta, filed an emergency application on July 21, 2025, asking the Supreme Court to block Mississippi's social media age-verification law.
- The law, signed in April 2024, requires parental consent for minors' social media accounts and age verification to prevent access to harmful content, aiming to protect children online.
- In June 2024, NetChoice filed a lawsuit against Mississippi, asserting that decisions about minors' social media use should be made by families rather than the government; initially, a district court blocked the law from being enforced, but this ruling was recently overturned by the 5th Circuit Court.
- NetChoice contends the law violates the First Amendment by imposing barriers to protected speech, warning of heavy compliance costs and citing a 2011 Supreme Court ruling striking down similar laws.
- The Supreme Court requested Mississippi’s response by July 30, 2025, highlighting ongoing tensions between child protection and free speech in digital platforms and pending high court review.
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By SIMEON GATES/Mississippi Today Updated 10:58 AM CDT, July 23, 2025 Technology trade group NetChoice is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop Mississippi from enforcing a law that requires age verification for users of social media. The group filed an emergency application Monday, days after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Mississippi law could take effect. While NetChoice has sued other states over age-verification laws, the …
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