An Ohio federal judge granted a tech industry group Netchoice’s request to block enforcement of a state law that would require online platforms to identify would-be users under age 16 and obtain parental consent.
NetChoice counts Meta Platforms Inc., Alphabet Inc.'s Google, X Corp., and TikTok Inc. among its members. The group argued that the law requiring Ohioans to hand over personal data in order to access online content violates First- and 14th-amendment protections.
Judge Algenon L. Marbley sided with NetChoice’s accusations that several aspects of the law were “troublingly vague"—including the definition of what online platforms it covers. NetChoice ...