Virginia may not enforce its social media age verification and parental consent law, a federal judge ruled Friday, finding it violates the First Amendment.
The law requires social media companies to use “commercially reasonable” methods to verify if users are younger than 16, and to limit time spent on their platforms to one hour per day unless they have their parents’ permission for more.
By carving out news, sports, entertainment, e-commerce, and interactive gaming sites, the law, SB 854, restricts speech on the basis of content, said Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles of the US District Court for the Eastern ...