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The challenge aroused by the commercial group alleges that the law on age verification is a violation of freedom of expression
The United States Supreme Court has refused to put a Mississippi law for demanding that users of social media platforms check their age and that minors have the consent of parents.
The High Court made the decision Thursday not to accept the contestation of Netchoice, a commercial group which included giants of technology such as Meta, Facebook and the parent company of Instagram, alphabet which owns YouTube and Snapchat.
The judges rejected the request for blocking the law while the legal challenge of the law of technological industry based in Washington to the law, which, he argues, violates the protections of the American Constitution against the abbreviation of the government of freedom of expression, takes place before the lower courts.
Brett judge Kavanaugh in a statement on the court order said that the Mississippi law was probably unconstitutional, but that Netchoice had not met the high bar to block the measure at this early stage of the case.
In a press release, Paul Taske, co -director of the Netchoice Litigation Center, said that Kavanaugh’s point of view “clearly indicates that Netchoice will finally succeed” in his challenge. Taske described the ordinance of the Supreme Court “a delay in unhappy procedure”.
Netchoice had turned to the Supreme Court after the 5th Circuit Court of American Appeals based in New Orleans left the law to take effect even if a judge noted that he is probably taking place in the first amendment.
Netchoice continued the Federal Court in 2024 with the aim of invalidating the law, which was adopted unanimously to the state legislature, with regard to legislators of the potential negative effects of the use of social media on the mental health of children.
His emergency request to the judges marked the first time that the Supreme Court was invited to consider a law on the verification of the age of social media.
The law requires that a social media platform obtains an “express consent” of a parent or a minor tutor before a child can open an account. It also indicates that regulated social media platforms must make “commercially reasonable” efforts to check the age of users.
Under the law, the State can pursue civil sanctions up to $ 10,000 per violation as well as criminal sanctions under the deceptive right of the Mississippi business practices.
Multiple prosecution
US District Judge Halil Suleyman Ozerden in Gulfport, Mississippi, prevented Mississippi from last year from enforcing restrictions on certain members of Netchoice.
Ozerden issued a second order in June on break the rules against these members, notably Meta and its Instagram and Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube platforms.
The 5th circuit of July 17 rendered a decision of a sentence which interrupted the judge’s order, without explaining his reasoning.
The courts of seven states have blocked preliminary or permanently similar measures, according to Netchoice.
Some technological companies are fighting separately against the proceedings brought by American states, school districts and individual users alleging that social platforms have exacerbated mental health problems. Businesses have denied reprehensible acts.
Netchoice said that the social media platforms of its members have already adopted in -depth policies to moderate the content of minors and provide parental checks.
In his request to the Supreme Court, the State told judges that the requirements of age and parental consent “are common means for states to protect minors”.
In May, Texas adopted a law demanding Google from Apple and Alphabet to check the age of users of their application stores.
