Court orders Ohio restrictions on kids’ use of social media restored

A divided Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that Ohio’s law requiring parental consent for children under 16 to use social media must be restored. The 2-1 decision rejected claims by NetChoice, a trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, and Meta, that the law was unconstitutional. The law, part of Ohio’s 2023 state budget, aims to protect children’s mental health by requiring parental permission and transparency about platform terms.