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A judge has permanently blocked Arkansas’ online age verification law.
District Court Judge Timothy Brooks found that Act 689, or the Social Media Safety Act, is unconstitutional, as it’s a “content-based restriction on speech.”
The tech industry trade group NetChoice originally challenged the law in 2023 and was granted a preliminary injunction, but now it’s blocked completely. NetChoice has sued to block similar laws in several states across the US, including Utah, Maryland, California, Mississippi, and others.
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