Judge rules Arkansas's social media age-verification law unconstitutional, protecting free speech rights.

A federal judge has permanently blocked Arkansas' law requiring social media companies to verify the ages of under-18 users and obtain parental consent, ruling it unconstitutional. The judge agreed with tech companies that the law infringed on First Amendment rights by being overly broad and targeting speech based on content. This ruling protects users from having to provide ID or biometric data to access online speech, but it's unknown if Arkansas will appeal. Similar laws in other states have also faced legal challenges.

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