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Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to state app-store age-verification law

The justices will decide whether requiring platforms to verify users' ages before downloads burdens protected speech, resolving a split between two circuits.

Quillfeather Labs v. Brightwater · No. 26-411

By Claire Whitfield, Washington bureau chief

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Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to state app-store age-verification law

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