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Louisiana age-verification law ruled unconstitutional by US judge

By Mike Swift ( December 16, 2025, 02:03 GMT | Insight) -- Louisiana joined a string of states that saw its social media age-verification law stuck down as unconstitutional, with a federal judge in Baton Rouge saying that SB 162 was a content-based law that needs to judged under strict scrutiny standards for the First Amendment. The ruling by US District Judge John deGravelles echoes other rulings this year striking down age-verification laws passed by Ohio and Arkansas as violating the First Amendment.Louisiana became the latest state to see an age verification law for online social media struck down as unconstitutional, with a federal judge ruling Monday that the state’s Secure Online Child Interaction and Age Limitation Act violates the First Amendment....

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