Texas for now can require proof of age to download a smart phone app, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, unpausing a trial court injunction that halted the law on First Amendment grounds.
The law, known as the App Store Accountability Act, will go into effect pending a deeper review by a three-judge panel on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
A two-paragraph order granting Texas’ request for an administrative stay from Republican-appointed Judges Jerry Smith, Catharina Haynes, and Andrew Oldham came without explanation.
The trial court blocked the law last December, days before ...
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