Judge Temporarily Halts Ohio Kids’ Social Media Access Law (2)

A judge Tuesday blocked an Ohio law limiting kids’ social media access from going into effect until a Feb. 7 hearing on a request for a longer injunction.

The order comes in response to a lawsuit filed Friday in Ohio district court by NetChoice, whose members include Meta Platforms Inc., Alphabet Inc.'s Google, X Corp., and TikTok Inc.. The Social Media Parental Notification Act requires companies to verify whether users are 16 or older and get parental consent for users younger than that. NetChoice alleges the law violates First- and Fourteenth-Amendment protections by requiring Ohioans to hand ...