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NetChoice Argues Mississippi Age-Verification Law Is Unconstitutional

Mississippi’s social media age-verification law is unconstitutional because it places a “government-mandated” barrier blocking access to protected speech, NetChoice argued Thursday before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (see 2408010054). HB-1126 disfavors social speech in relation to professional speech…

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and media-driven speech, the trade association said. NetChoice won a preliminary injunction against the law from the U.S. District Court for Southern Mississippi on July 1 (see 2407160038), and Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R) appealed.