Texas Can Keep Enforcing Its Age Verification Law for Mobile Apps, Supreme Court Says

Supreme Court won't block Texas from enforcing a law requiring age verification for app downloads

Supreme Court won't block Texas from enforcing a law requiring age verification for app downloads

Texas’s age verification law is just what children need

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to block a Texas law requiring age verification for app store downloads, allowing the law to take effect while litigation continues. If Texas’s law ultimately survives, it could set an important precedent for other states seeking to protect children online. The case was brought by Students Engaged in Advancing []

SCOTUS allows Texas age-verification law for app stores (for now)

The Supreme Court is allowing Texas to enforce a law that requires app store users to verify their age.

U.S. Supreme Court declines request to block Texas’ app age verification law

Texas can continue enforcing a law requiring app marketplace operators like Google and Apple to verify all users’ ages after the U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to intervene. Senate Bill 2420, which was supposed to take effect Jan. 1, establishes age verification requirements and mandates parental consent before a person under age 18 is allowed [] The post U.S. Supreme Court declines request to block Texas’ app age verification law appeared first on San Antonio Current.

The Supreme Court lets Texas turn Apple and Google into the internet’s age gate

Texas can now make Apple and Google check how old you are before you download an app. The Supreme Court just let the rule stand. The US Supreme Court has refused to block a Texas law aimed at app stores, the Associated Press reports. The rule forces Apple and Google to verify users’ ages and [] This story continues at The Next Web

Supreme Court allows Texas app store age-verification law

The Supreme Court declined to stop Texas from enforcing a state law that requires app stores and developers to verify users' ages and receive parental consent for children younger than 18 years. In a one-sentence order Monday, the nation's high court denied a request to pause enforcement of the law, the Texas App Store Accountability...

Supreme Court allows Texas to require age verification for mobile apps

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Texas to enforce a law that requires mobile app stores to verify the age of users and obtain parental consent for minors attempting to install programs on their phones. Texas’ law, enacted last year in response to concerns about the online safety of minors, was opposed by the computer []...Click to read more

Supreme Court lets Texas restrict minors' access to app stores for the time being

Texas' App Store Accountability Act requires minors to have their parents' permission to download most apps. The Supreme Court says the law can go into effect as lawsuits continue in lower courts.

Age Verification for Apps

This week, Texas parents scored a massive victory when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block Texas’ landmark App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420). This decision affirms that states have every right to help families reclaim authority over their kids’ digital lives. Until now, parents trying to police harmful or inappropriate content have been forced... The post Age Verification for Apps first appeared on Texas Public Policy Foundation.

Supreme Court Won’t Block Texas App Store Age Verification Law

REUTERS—The Supreme Court declined on Monday to block a Texas law requiring app stores and developers to verify the age of mobile device users and for minors to obtain parental consent to download apps or make purchases, acting in a challenge on free speech grounds by a technology industry group and students. The justices denied requests by...

Supreme Court Allows Texas Age Verification Law for App Stores to Take Effect

(NaturalNews) The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to block Texasâs App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420), allowing the state to enforce age verification req...

Supreme Court sides with Texas on age verification and parental consent for apps

A trade group said Texas wants to be the first state to make people prove their age before even accessing the internet. The post Supreme Court sides with Texas on age verification and parental consent for apps appeared first on MS NOW.

US Supreme Court clears path for Texas to enforce app age verification law

Parents must approve app downloads for minors as legal fight over Texas age verification law continues.

States Battle Big Tech Over App Store Law to Protect Children

A Growing Push for More Parental Control A major legal battle is underway over who should control children’s access to smartphone apps. At the center of the fight is the Texas App Store Accountability Act, a law supporters say gives parents greater authority over their children’s online activities while helping protect minors from harmful digital [] The post States Battle Big Tech Over App Store Law to Protect Children appeared first on The Punching Bag Post.

Supreme Court Lets Texas Enforce App Store ID Check Law

The justices didn't say a word about the First Amendment. They just let the ID check stay switched on. The post Supreme Court Lets Texas Enforce App Store ID Check Law appeared first on Reclaim The Net: Free Speech, Privacy, Digital Rights.

Texas Hospital Advertises Birth Tourism at Mexico Border

Every government eventually reaches the point where people stop asking whether the law exists and begin asking whether anyone intends to enforce it. That is where we are today. Reports surfaced showing Mission Regional Medical Center in South Texas advertising maternity packages in Mexico through Spanish-language billboards and a website encouraging expectant mothers to travel []

Fifth Circuit Upholds End of In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens in Texas

Federal law prohibits states from treating illegal aliens better than their own citizens. The post Fifth Circuit Upholds End of In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens in Texas first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

Judge blocks feds from using immigration database to check voter eligibility

A federal judge cited Texas’ use of the SAVE database, which flagged several voters who were actually citizens, and said the checks violated privacy and voting rights.

Florida lawmakers help bring KIDS Act across House finish line

The online safety package boosts privacy protections for minors and still allows states to impose further restrictions. The post Florida lawmakers help bring KIDS Act across House finish line appeared first on Florida Politics - Campaigns Elections. Lobbying Government..

Appeals court blocks Trump admin from holding migrants without bond for over 90 days

An appeals court ruled immigrants cannot be held in mandatory detention beyond 90 days without a bond hearing, citing Fifth Amendment due process.

[Photo] 🚨 The Supreme Court will decide whether parents have standing to challenge Washington [...]

The Supreme Court will decide whether parents have standing to challenge Washington laws that allow runaway minors seeking gender-transition services to receive state assistance without parental notice or consent.https://x.com/scotus_wire/status/2071589169881604111?s=61

Mom’s Ticking Clock: Court Refuses To Freeze Time For Immigrant Caring For Severely Disabled Son

A federal judge has turned down an emergency request from a Mexican mother who wanted a court to freeze her son’s age so she could remain his full-time caregiver in the United States. Lluridia Ocampo Cambrai filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, attempting to stop immigration authorities from [] Mom’s Ticking Clock: Court Refuses To Freeze Time For Immigrant Caring For Severely Disabled Son

Federal judge in California bars courthouse immigration arrests nationwide

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents can no longer arrest undocumented immigrants at courthouses solely for civil immigration violations under an order issued Tuesday by a federal judge in San Jose. The order by ...

The KIDS Act Pretends To Give Parents Power They Already Have

Congress is considering passage of the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act (KIDS), a sweeping omnibus bill that would require age verification across much of the internet, restrict messaging for teens, ban certain app features, and grant the Federal Trade Commission a vague mandate to police “compulsive usage” on platforms. As with most power grabs ...

Gov't to lower age threshold for juvenile offenders in serious crimes

Gov't to lower age threshold for juvenile offenders in serious crimes

Foreign-Born Judge Blocks Citizenship Test Saying It Would ‘Purge’ Voters

A foreign-born federal judge in D.C. ruled Monday that Americans are not allowed to check the citizenship of prospective voters because doing so might “purge voter rolls.” D.C. District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, who is from Trinidad and Tobago, blocked the Trump administration from using an updated database called the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements []

SCOTUS Rules Trump Can’t Change Birthright Citizenship Through Executive Order

The 6-3 ruling means that the 14th Amendment protection of citizenship rights for children born in the U.S. remains.

Little Kids Outsmart Content Blockers. What Can Be Done About Devices in School?

Schools try to block kids from accessing dangerous content and games online but often fall short. Parents and educators say if devices are here to stay, districts need to have more control, transparency.

US High Court Sides with Trump to End Protections for Haitians and Syrians

In 6-3 opinion, conservative justices said federal agencies have authority--without need for judicial review—to end temporary protected legal status for foreign nationals living and working in US, with potential construction industry impaxt.

Court strips away California protections for transgender students’ privacy

California officials may not enforce key provisions of a law protecting transgender students from forced outing against the parents challenging it while their lawsuit proceeds, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

Federal appeals court green lights nationwide use of fast-track deportation process

Under federal law, officials can depart people who have been in the country for less than two years without hearings in immigration courts.

Trinidad-born US judge blocks Trump voter database to check citizenship

Trinidad-born United States (US) District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, on Monday, reportedly blocked the Trump administration's revamped SAVE database to check the accuracy of state voter rolls, over privacy and voting-rights violations.According to a report by NBC News, Sooknanan, in a 75-page decision, wrote that: The federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote.”“This Court cannot stand idly by while that happens,” she continued.The US Department of Homeland Security reportedly revamped a system it uses to verify individuals’ citizenship and immigration status last year to make it easier for state and local officials to use it to make sure voters were US citizens.NBC further reported that Sooknanan ruled that the revamped SAVE database also violated privacy laws restricting the federal government’s disclosure of Social Security numbers and other information.

Court allows Trump administration to expand expedited deportations across US

Ruling enables immigration officials to deport certain detainees without court hearings

Florida Daily: Opinion: Congress Keeps Promising To Protect Kids Online. It Keeps Failing.

For the past several years, teen online safety has been one of Washington’s hottest priorities; a rare issue... The post Florida Daily: Opinion: Congress Keeps Promising To Protect Kids Online. It Keeps Failing. appeared first on James Madison Institute.

Supreme Court to hear Arizona proof-of-citizenship voting case

Supreme Court to hear Arizona proof-of-citizenship voting case

U.S. Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump order

The justices relied on a long-settled understanding of the 14th Amendment and federal law in ruling that anyone born in the U.S., with very limited exceptions, is a citizen.

Internal memos warn tweaking retirement age would impoverish seniors

See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source Even as the price tag for Canada’s old age security (OAS) program is expected to skyrocket, internal government memos state that increasing the eligibility age would plunge many 65- and 66-year-olds into poverty. According to briefing notes published by the Department of Employment, about []

You are mistaken if you think minors tagged in crimes are not liable under the law

Minors who commit crimes may still be liable or may even face cases through the juvenile justice law