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Supreme Court order starts Texas app-store age checks

Supreme Court lets Texas start app-store age checks while a First Amendment challenge continues

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The Supreme Court declined to block Texas from enforcing a law requiring app stores to verify users' ages and get parental consent for minors' downloads and in-app purchases.

  1. Frame 1Supreme Court lets Texas start app-store age checks while a First Amendment challenge continues.
  2. Frame 2The law requires app stores to verify users' ages and get parental consent for minors' downloads and in-app purchases.
  3. Frame 3Justice Samuel Alito denied emergency petitions in two one-sentence orders.
  4. Frame 4The challengers say the law burdens protected speech, including access to news and educational material.
  5. Frame 5A 5th Circuit panel let the law take effect after suspending a district court ruling against it.
  6. Frame 6The next fight is the First Amendment limit on age checks for app stores.
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Jul 7, 9:26 AM EDT
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