Federal judges block children’s online safety laws in Texas and Arkansas

Hours before controversial child online safety laws were set to take effect in Texas and Arkansas, two federal judges granted preliminary injunctions temporarily blocking them. The Arkansas law, known as the Social Media Safety Act, is broader and would prevent minors from creating accounts without parental permission on platforms earning more than $100 million a

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