WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Aug. 14 declined to block for now a Mississippi law imposing age verification and parental-consent requirements on social media sites.

NetChoice − which represents Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, X, YouTube and other sites – asked the Supreme Court to intervene after an appeals court said Mississippi could enforce its law while courts are deciding whether it’s constitutional. It's one of several state laws aimed at curbing the effects of social media on young people.

The New Orleans-based 5 th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on July 17 lifted a hold put on the law by a federal district judge who had ruled that it likely violates the First Amendment.

U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden had said the law is too broad, and parents have others way of monito

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