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... By: Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media