Author: Jessica Melugin
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Courts skeptical of online age verification laws, no matter how well-intentioned
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Any decent adult, whether a parent or not, knows the threats to minors that lurk online. No graphic details are needed here about the internet horrors that tech-savvy children can easily stumble upon or, depending on their age, seek out themselves. Yet, proposed remedies to shield minors from online sex, violence, and the like are…
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Supreme Court casts a skeptical eye on conservative state-level efforts to regulate social media
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The Supreme Court moved into the online era this term by deciding two cases that will have implications for free speech on social media. In one, the court ruled unanimously to send the combined NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice back down to the respective federal circuit courts that came to opposite conclusions on…

