Tech & Free Speech
Federal Court Upholds Ohio Law: Big Tech Must Get Parents' Consent for Kids
Meta, TikTok, and YouTube fought to keep mining kids' data without parental consent. They lost.
June 19, 2026
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Tech & Free Speech tracks Big Tech power, censorship, deplatforming, surveillance, and AI — the fight for free speech online and in the public square. Every story ties platform policy to real-world consequences for users and publishers.
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