TechFreedom Backs Industry in Lawsuit Against Miss. Social Media Law

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals should affirm a district court’s decision that blocks Mississippi’s social media age-verification law, TechFreedom said Tuesday in a brief supporting the tech industry (see 2409260053). Requiring that platforms verify age will chill online speech and violates the First Amendment, TechFreedom said. “Age verification requires identifying information, such as a user’s government-issued ID or a biometric scan of a user’s face,” Appellate Litigation Director Corbin Barthold said Wednesday. “Simply put, Mississippi is pressuring users to submit to invasive data collection.”