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US judge blocks Ohio Republicans’ “troublingly vague” social media law
Judge calls law "breathtakingly blunt instrument" for reducing harm to children.
"Foreclosing minors under sixteen from accessing all content on websites that the Act purports to cover, absent affirmative parental consent, is a breathtakingly blunt instrument for reducing social media's harm to children," US District Judge Algenon Marbley wrote in an order issued Tuesday. "The negative effects that social media sites and apps have on our children's mental health have been well documented, and this law was one way to empower parents to have a role in their kids' digital lives," DeWine said. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost hasn't submitted a written response to the NetChoice lawsuit yet, but the state made arguments during a conference on January 8.
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