Social Links: Papers, Please

A federal court’s decision blocking key provisions of Arkansas’ social media age-verification law rests on familiar constitutional ground. The challengers framed the law as a system that conditions access to online expression on disclosure of identity, with predictable effects on anonymity and lawful participation. The court largely agreed, reinforcing a growing line of cases (see, for example, the earlier statutes of Mississippi, Texas, and Arkansas) that treat broad verification mandates as constitutionally suspect when they burden lawful speech by adults and minors alike.

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