Arkansas Sued Over Social Media Age Verification Law

The Associated Press reports:

A tech industry trade group sued Arkansas on Thursday challenging a new state law that requires parental permission for minors to create social media accounts.

NetChoice, a group whose members include Facebook parent Meta, TikTok and Twitter, filed a federal lawsuit over the measure signed by Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders in April.

The law requires social media companies to contract with third-party vendors to perform age verification checks on new users. The requirement is set to go into effect on Sept. 1. The lawsuit argues that the new requirement violates the constitutional rights of users and singles out types of speech that would be restricted.

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Excellent background on our lawsuit against Arkansas over its unconstitutional age-verification law. https://t.co/SNlbMzJPtY

— Chris Marchese (@ChrisMarchese9) June 29, 2023