United States of America: Lawsuit over Bill 1181 restricting access to sexual material harmful to minors on an Internet website (Free Speech Coalition v Texas)
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Supreme Court issued opinion in lawsuit challenging Bill 1181 restricting access to sexual material harmful to minors on an Internet Website (Free Speech Coalition v Texas) (No. 23–1122)
On 27 June 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the constitutionality of Texas’s House Bill 1181 relating to restricting access to sexual material harmful to minors on an Internet website. The Bill requires online publishers of sexual…
SourceFree Speech Coalition submitted appeal to the Supreme Court in lawsuit challenging Bill 1181 restricting access to sexual material harmful to minors on an Internet Website (Free Speech Coalition v Texas) (No. 23-1122)
On 12 April 2024, the Free Speech Coalition filed a petition with the United States Supreme Court following a ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding Texas law HB 1181. The law applies to websites with a significant proportion of sexu…
SourceIssued ruling in lawsuit challenging Bill 1181 restricting access to sexual material harmful to minors on an Internet Website (Free Speech Coalition v Texas)
On 7 March 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a ruling on a public lawsuit concerning the Texas law, HB 1181. The law, which was set to take effect on 1 September 2023, imposed an age verification requirement on co…
SourceFiled lawsuit over Bill 1181 restricting access to sexual material harmful to minors on an Internet website (Free Speech Coalition v Texas)
On 4 August 2023, a public lawsuit was filed before the US District Court for the Western District of Texas regarding House Bill 1811 (Free Speech Coalition v Texas). The Bill requires websites publishing harmful sexual material to minors to verify …
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