TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Oct 15, 2025

Iowa Attorney General (AG) Brenna Bird joined an amicus brief Monday supporting a Tennessee law requiring social media companies to use age-verification software. The Protecting Children from Social Media Act mandates users be 18 or have parental consent to create accounts. NetChoice, a trade group including Meta, X and Reddit, sued in October 2024, claiming the law violates free speech and endangers data security. A U.S. district court denied the group's request to block the law, which led them to appeal to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, according to KCRG. Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti, argued in a brief submitted to the appeals court that the law does not abridge any free speech rights, but provides protection for minors online. Bird joined a coalition of 34 states and Washington, D.C., in filing the brief to support the Tennessee law.