The court rejected an industry challenge that sought to prevent the state from implementing protections enacted in the wake of the Trump administration's gutting of federal open-internet rules.
Tech companies like Facebook and Google have not invested enough in content moderation to catch and remove vile content, especially in Spanish and other non-English languages.
For years, federal agencies have exploited legal loopholes to purchase massive amounts of personal information sold by data merchants who harvest sensitive material from cellphone and internet users.