Judge Halts Mississippi Law Requiring Internet Age Verification

The range of content the state had the power to moderate under the law is too broad and subjective, NetChoice argued in its lawsuit.

The Mississippi Capitol building in Jackson, Miss. on Nov. 6, 2023. Lawrence Wilson / The Epoch Times

A federal judge has granted NetChoice’s request for a preliminary injunction that suspends Mississippi state law that required internet users to be age-verified.

House Bill 1126—intended to protect minors from harmful online content—was signed into law in April and was set to go into effect on July 1.