Arkansas Seeks To Reinstate Social Media Algorithm Restrictions

Arkansas has appealed an injunction blocking enforcement of a law that prohibits social media platforms from using algorithms that could “cause” a user to commit suicide, purchase drugs, develop an eating disorder, or become addicted to social media.

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin this week appealed a decision blocking enforcement of a law that would have prohibited social media platforms from using algorithms or other features that could “cause” a user to commit suicide, purchase drugs, develop an eating disorder, or become addicted to social media.

U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Brooks in Fayetteville ruled last month that the law likely violates the First Amendment, writing that the statute’s provisions “clearly impose content-based restrictions on speech.”