United States of America: Issued ruling in lawsuit challenging Bill 1181 restricting access to sexual material harmful to minors on an Internet Website (Free Speech Coalition v Texas)
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Issued 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…
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