Online child safety law blocked after Calif. argued face scans not that invasive
by Ashley Belanger from Ars Technica - All content on (#6EWYE)
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A California law requiring a wide range of platforms to estimate ages of users and protect minors from accessing harmful content appears to be just as unconstitutional as a recently blocked law in Texas requiring age verification to access adult content.
Yesterday, US District Judge Beth Labson Freeman ordered a preliminary injunction stopping California Attorney General Rob Bonta from enforcing the state's Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA), finding that the law likely violates the First Amendment.
"The Court finds that although the stated purpose of the Act-protecting children when they are online-clearly is important," Freeman wrote, "the CAADCA likely violates the First Amendment."