Internet Speech
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11 Internet Speech Cases
Texas
Sep 2023
Internet Speech
Free Speech Coalition v. Colmenero
Texas H.B. 1181, if allowed to go into effect, will impermissibly burden access to protected online speech by requiring users to verify their ages before accessing legal adult content online. The law will also unconstitutionally compel websites that carry lawful, fully protected sexual material to post 鈥渄isclosure鈥� statements reflecting Texas鈥檚 views about pornography.
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Texas
Sep 2023
Internet Speech
Free Speech Coalition v. Colmenero
Texas H.B. 1181, if allowed to go into effect, will impermissibly burden access to protected online speech by requiring users to verify their ages before accessing legal adult content online. The law will also unconstitutionally compel websites that carry lawful, fully protected sexual material to post 鈥渄isclosure鈥� statements reflecting Texas鈥檚 views about pornography.
Arkansas
Jul 2023
Internet Speech
NetChoice v. Griffin
Arkansas鈥檚 so-called 鈥淪ocial Media Safety Act鈥� stifles freedom of expression online by requiring users to verify their ages and, if under 18, obtain explicit parental consent before using social media.
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Arkansas
Jul 2023
Internet Speech
NetChoice v. Griffin
Arkansas鈥檚 so-called 鈥淪ocial Media Safety Act鈥� stifles freedom of expression online by requiring users to verify their ages and, if under 18, obtain explicit parental consent before using social media.
U.S. Supreme Court
May 2023
Internet Speech
Free Speech
Google v. Gonzalez LLC
The Supreme Court will decide whether social media and other platforms are liable for their users鈥� posts if they make recommendations or suggestions about what content to access, or whether Section 230 affords them immunity from such claims.
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U.S. Supreme Court
May 2023
Internet Speech
Free Speech
Google v. Gonzalez LLC
The Supreme Court will decide whether social media and other platforms are liable for their users鈥� posts if they make recommendations or suggestions about what content to access, or whether Section 230 affords them immunity from such claims.
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2023
Internet Speech
+2 Issues
Twitter, Inc., v. Taamneh
The Supreme Court will decide whether a social media or other platform can be liable for 鈥渁iding and abetting鈥� a terrorist attack merely because it failed to adequately block content valorizing terrorism, even where the platform has policies barring terrorist content.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2023
Internet Speech
+2 Issues
Twitter, Inc., v. Taamneh
The Supreme Court will decide whether a social media or other platform can be liable for 鈥渁iding and abetting鈥� a terrorist attack merely because it failed to adequately block content valorizing terrorism, even where the platform has policies barring terrorist content.