Saturday, 25 July, 2026
Court Clips Texas’ Wings on Teen Tech Rules
By TechShots Studio
A U.S. federal appeals court blocked portions of Texas’ Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act that required digital platforms to actively filter and block content deemed harmful to minors, such as material on suicide or self-harm. Judges ruled those mandatory content-monitoring provisions likely violate First Amendment rights, though other requirements—like data collection restrictions and age verification—remained intact.
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