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Supreme Court declines to block Mississippi social media age-restriction law, for now

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The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to block Mississippi from enforcing a law that would block minors from using nine popular social media sites without their parents' consent—delivering a near-term blow to the tech industry group that had sought emergency intervention from the high court.Justices on the high court did not elaborate on their reasons for rejecting the emergency appeal, filed by industry group NetChoice—a common practice when the Supreme Court decides on an emergency appeal—and did not provide a vote count.NeChoice had asked the high court to put the law on hold while the cas...

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