United States of America: Filed 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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Filed 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 …
Scope
Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Age verification requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2023-08-04
under deliberation
2024-03-07
in force
2024-04-12
under appeal