Supreme Court allows Mississippi to require age verification on social media like Facebook and X

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday refused for now to block enforcement of a Mississippi law aimed at regulating the use of social media by children, an issue of growing national concern.

The justices rejected an emergency appeal from a tech industry group representing major platforms like Facebook, X and YouTube.

NetChoice is challenging laws passed in Mississippi and other states that require social media users to verify their ages, and asked the court to keep the measure on hold while a lawsuit plays out.

There were no noted dissents from the brief, unsigned order. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that there’s a good chance NetChoice will eventually succeed in showing that the law is unconstitutional, but hadn’t shown it must be blocked while the lawsuit unfolds.

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By MARK SHERMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Updated 3:15 PM EDT, August 14, 2025


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/social-media-age-verification-supreme-court-mississippi-7d304cd759ecde9318de25df63dd52b3

[Justice Brandeis]

1. Politicians and judges underestimate how tech savvy kids are

Dumb-dumbs.

[speak easy]

2. This is a disaster, What it means is an end to anonymity on the internet.

[intrepidity]

3. This has *nothing* to do with protecting children

and *everything* to do with data capture.