Court Clears Path for Georgia Law Requiring Parental Consent for Young Social Media Users

Eleventh Circuit Rejects Netchoice's Challenge to Georgia Law Restricting Under-16-Year-Old Social Media Access

From today's Eleventh Circuit opinion in Netchoice v. Attorney General, by Judge Kevin Newsom, joined by Judges Robert Luck and Gerald Bard Tjoflat: The State of Georgia recently enacted SB 351 to restrict minors' ability to create accounts on social-media platforms. The law requires platforms within its ambit to verify the ages of all their users, to prohibit minors under the age of 16 from creating accounts without their parents' consent, and …

Court clears path for Georgia law requiring parental consent for young social media users

Georgia's push to require age checks and parental approval for young social media users just cleared a major legal hurdle.

Court lifts block on Georgia law that restricts children’s access to social media

ATLANTA — Georgia can enforce a 2024 state law that seeks to limit social media companies’ access to children under a new ruling by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The Protecting Georgia’s Children on Social Media Act passed…

Georgia law requiring parental consent for children’s social media accounts cleared to take effect

A federal appeals court has cleared the way for Georgia to enforce a law requiring parental consent before children age 15 and younger can create social media accounts.

BREAKING: 11th Circ. Says Ga. Can Enforce Social Media Age Check Law

The Eleventh Circuit struck down an injunction Thursday that blocked Georgia from enforcing its age-verification law for social media platforms, finding that Internet trade group NetChoice hadn't shown it was likely to prevail on its legal challenge to the statute.

11th Circuit resumes Georgia limits on minors' social media use

Lobbyist group NetChoice argued the law infringes on the free speech of tech giants.