United States of America: Free 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)

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Free 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…

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
supreme court

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2023-08-04
under deliberation

On 4 August 2023, a public lawsuit was filed before the US District Court for the Western District …

2024-03-07
in force

On 7 March 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a ruling on a publ…

2024-04-12
under appeal

On 12 April 2024, the Free Speech Coalition filed a petition with the United States Supreme Court f…

2025-06-27
in force

On 27 June 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the constitutionality of Texas’s Hou…