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Federal judge temporarily blocks Arkansas law requiring parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts

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Federal judge temporarily blocks Arkansas law requiring parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts.

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  1. NBC New York

    Federal judge blocks Arkansas law requiring parental consent for minors to join social media (opens NBC New York)

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    NBC New York's feed description

    A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Arkansas from enforcing a new law that would have required parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts, preventing the state from becoming the first to impose such a restriction.

  2. WFMZ Allentown

    Judge blocks Arkansas law requiring parental OK for minors to create social media accounts (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    A federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing a new law that would have required parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts. U.S. District Judge Timothy L.

  3. Politico

    Judge blocks law requiring parental consent for kids to use social media (opens Politico)

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    The law would have required social media companies use third-party companies to verify ages of users.

  4. WHEC Rochester

    Federal judge temporarily blocks Arkansas law requiring parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    Federal judge temporarily blocks Arkansas law requiring parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts.

  5. NBC News

    Judge blocks Arkansas social media parental consent law at the last minute (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Arkansas would have been the first state to impose a requirement that minors have consent from their parents to create new social media accounts.

  6. Wall Street Journal

    Arkansas Social Media Parental-Consent Law Blocked Just Before Going Into Effect (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Arkansas would have been the first U.S. state to enforce age verification on social media.

  7. PBS NewsHour

    Judge blocks Arkansas law requiring parental approval for minors to create social media accounts (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction requested by NetChoice, a tech industry trade group whose members include X, formerly known as Twitter, and Facebook parent Meta.

  8. Axios

    Arkansas social media age-verification law blocked at the last minute (opens Axios)

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    Axios's feed description

    The law potentially sets a precedent for minors' First Amendment rights.

  9. Green Field Reporter

    Judge blocks Arkansas law requiring parental OK for minors to create social media accounts - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Arkansas from enforcing a new law that would have required parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts, preventing the state from becoming the first to impose such a restriction. U.S.

  10. CNN

    Federal judge blocks Arkansas social media age verification law to have gone into effect Friday (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    A US District Judge has blocked an Arkansas social media age verification law that was set to go in effect Friday, according to a Thursday court filing.

  11. Fox News

    Arkansas law requiring parental consent for minors to create social media accounts temporarily blocked (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    A federal judge temporarily blocked a law in Arkansas that would have required minors to obtain parental consent before creating news social media accounts on most platforms.

  12. Reason

    In scathing rulings, federal courts block Arkansas and Texas age-verification laws (opens Reason)

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    Reason's feed description

    Whether it's making porn sites check IDs or age verification on social media more broadly, carding people to access constitutionally protected speech doesn't fly, suggest courts.

  13. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Judge blocks Arkansas law limiting kids’ social media access (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. >> A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Arkansas from enforcing a new law that would have required parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts, preventing the state from becoming the first to impose such a restriction.

  14. Fortune

    Judge blocks Arkansas parental social media consent law (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    The judge granted an injunction requested by NetChoice — a tech industry group including TikTok, Facebook parent Meta, and X, formerly known as Twitter.

  15. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Judge blocks Arkansas' restrictions on minors creating social media accounts (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Arkansas from enforcing a new law that would have required parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts, preventing the state from becoming the first to impose such a restriction.

  16. Washington Examiner

    Arkansas social media law blocked by judge hours before going into effect (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    A judge temporarily paused a law restricting social media by age in Arkansas as it faces a legal challenge from a big tech trade group.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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