Supreme Court denies emergency bids to halt Texas app store age verification law
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a pair of emergency petitions filed by activist groups to stop the implementation of a Texas law requiring app stores to verify users’ ages.The high court did not elaborate on its decision to reject the petitions, and there were no noted dissents to the emergency docket ruling. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit lifted the injunction on the law in May, finding that Texas was likely to succeed in the First Amendment lawsuit, leading to the pair of unsuccessful petitions to the Supreme Court. Under SB2420, before a Texan may download the Wall Street Journal — or even a weather app or calculator — he must first verify his age.
- ▪The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a pair of emergency petitions filed by activist groups to stop the implementation of a Texas law requiring app stores to verify users’ ages.The high court did not elaborate on its decision to reject the
- ▪Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit lifted the injunction on the law in May, finding that Texas was likely to succeed in the First Amendment lawsuit, leading to the pair of unsuccessful petitions to the Supreme Court.
- ▪Under SB2420, before a Texan may download the Wall Street Journal — or even a weather app or calculator — he must first verify his age.
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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a pair of emergency petitions filed by activist groups to stop the implementation of a Texas law requiring app stores to verify users’ ages.The high court did not elaborate on its decision to reject the petitions, and there were no noted dissents to the emergency docket ruling. Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, a left-wing education activist group, and the Computer and Communications Industry Association, a lobbying group for the technology industry, asked the high court last month to halt enforcement of Senate Bill 2420, which imposes the age verification requirement on app stores and requires parental permission for minors to download apps, alleging it was a violation of the First Amendment.
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