NetChoice v. Paxton

  1. November 08, 2024

    5th Circ. Remands Texas Social Media Law Challenge

    The Fifth Circuit remanded to the district court a challenge to Texas' social media law prohibiting platforms from employing certain content moderation practices, ruling that the record on the case is still too undeveloped to resolve.

  2. December 15, 2022

    Trade Groups Ask Justices To Review Texas Social Media Law

    Two trade associations asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to strike down a divisive Texas social media law that blocks platforms from banning users based on their "viewpoints."

  3. October 13, 2022

    Texas Social Media Law Gets Paused For High Court Review

    The Fifth Circuit has hit pause on a testy Texas social media law that blocks platforms from banning users based on their "viewpoints," pending potential review of the case by the U.S. Supreme Court after a split panel allowed the law to stand.

  4. September 17, 2022

    Split 5th Circ. Backs Texas Social Media Censorship Law

    A split Fifth Circuit panel on Friday said it would allow a contentious Texas social media law prohibiting platforms like Twitter from banning users based on their "viewpoints," reversing a Lone Star State federal court's order blocking the law and holding that it protects rather than hinders free speech.

  5. September 01, 2022

    6 Texas Cases To Watch This Fall

    Texas federal courts will review blockbuster free speech cases tackling the state's social media and government contracting laws this fall, while state courts take on weighty energy royalty and settlement credit questions.

  6. May 16, 2022

    Justices Asked To Halt Texas' 'Viewpoint' Social Media Law

    NetChoice LLC and the Computer and Communications Industry Association have filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court to block a Texas social media law that prohibits platforms such as Twitter from banning users based on their "viewpoints."

  7. May 12, 2022

    5th Circ. Lets Texas' 'Viewpoint' Social Media Law Take Effect

    Two days after hearing oral arguments, the Fifth Circuit allowed to take effect an enjoined Texas social media law that prohibits platforms such as Twitter from banning users based on their "viewpoints," although it hasn't yet decided the case.

  8. May 09, 2022

    5th Circ. Judge Says Social Media Isn't Regulated Like Utilities

    There's a problem with Texas' attempt to characterize social media companies as common carriers like utilities, a Fifth Circuit judge said Monday during oral arguments as the state tries to revive a law prohibiting social media bans based on users' "viewpoints."

  9. April 04, 2022

    Trade Groups Tell 5th Circ. Texas Social Media Law Fails

    Two trade associations challenging a Texas law that prohibits social media companies from banning users based on their "viewpoint" have told the Fifth Circuit there's no need to disturb an injunction barring the law from taking effect because it's clearly unconstitutional.

  10. March 03, 2022

    Texas Asks 5th Circ. To Undo Block Of Social Media Law

    Texas argued to the Fifth Circuit that a district court wrongly blocked a state law that prohibits social media companies from banning users based on their "viewpoint," arguing the platforms are unlikely to succeed on the merits of their First Amendment claim.