United States of America: 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)
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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…
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
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