Mississippi, Supreme Court and social media
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While the social media age verfication law in Mississippi will move forward for now, it could still ultimately be ruled unconstitutional on free speech grounds. Supreme Court Justice Brett
YouTube's AI age verification could significantly expand protections for teens, aligning the platform with mounting regulatory pressure. But the flip side is a new privacy burden on adults who are misclassified and asked to hand over sensitive data to prove their age.
The US Supreme Court has rebuffed the country’s biggest social media platforms, letting Mississippi enforce a law for now that will impose age-verification and parental-consent requirements while the legal fight goes forward.
Age verification laws have been passed in at least 24 states, in what some say is an effort to protect kids, while others say it restricts protected speech.