imdb challenges law against posting celeb ages online
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IMDb challenges law against posting celeb ages online

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Zoe Saldana
Los Angeles - Arab Today

Many actors think there ought to be a law against posting their ages online, and California this year obliged critics of ageism in Hollywood by passing a law targeting a leading movie and television information website.
The law has been challenged in a lawsuit by the company IMDb, which is owned by Amazon.com Inc. and operates a repository of information on the film and television industry.
The lawsuit, filed on Thursday in federal court for the Northern District of California, alleges that the measure violates free speech rights under the US Constitution.
Supporters described the law as an effort to prevent age discrimination. It requires officials at IMDb.com to remove from the website the ages of figures in the entertainment industry, including actors and directors, if those individuals request the deletion.
Actors in Hollywood have long complained they are passed over for roles as they get older.
Female performers in particular say a double standard gives women fewer opportunities as they age, while men can still land leading parts late in their careers.
“By the time you’re 28 you’re expired, you’re playing mommy roles,” actress Zoe Saldana, now 38 and female lead of the blockbuster film Guardians of the Galaxy,” told The Telegraph in 2014.
The lawsuit said the law, known as AB 1687, was unfair because it was carefully tailored to apply only to IMDb.com Inc, which is incorporated in Delaware and has offices in Seattle, and not other sources of information.
“IMDb shares the worthy goal of preventing age discrimination,” the lawsuit stated. “But AB 1687 is an unconstitutional law that does not advance, much less achieve, that goal.”

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