United States of America: Computer and Communications Industry Association filed lawsuit challenging constitutionality of App Store Accountability Act

On 16 October 2025, the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, challenging the App Store Accountability Act (Senate Bill 2420, codified under Sections 121.001 et seq. of the Texas Business and Commerce Code). The complaint, registered under No. 1:25-cv-1660, seeks declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent the enforcement of the Act, alleging that its age-verification, parental-consent, and developer age-rating requirements impose unconstitutional restrictions on protected speech, in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The CCIA asserts that the Act compels app stores and developers to implement privacy-invasive verification systems, assign state-mandated age ratings, and display compelled content categories, thereby burdening interstate commerce and undermining existing voluntary parental-control mechanisms. The complaint requests the Court to declare Senate Bill 2420 facially unlawful and to enjoin its enforcement as applied to CCIA members, including app store operators and mobile application developers.