First Amendment
New York Social Media Law Survives X Lawsuit
New York’s law stops short of telling platforms what to censor, but it gives the Attorney General a remarkably detailed window into how they decide what survives online.
The Meta Settlement: What It Means for Your Speech and Privacy
Under the teen safety provisions is a court-supervised identity system for every Facebook and Instagram user.
Paxton "Child Safety" Plan Puts Legal Speech at Criminal Risk
The vague standard is chatbots that undermine child safety. The penalty is criminal, not civil.
Court: First Amendment Protects Recording Police in Public
The federal appeals courts have nearly finished agreeing on something most people assumed was settled a long time ago.
xAI Asks Judge to Block Minnesota AI Image Law
The First Amendment doesn't carve out an exception for images made easily. xAI is asking Judge Frank to say so before the law goes further.
DHS Asks Judge for Names in Maine Signal Chats
To prove your speech was chilled, you have to describe the thing you were chilled out of doing, in detail, to the people who chilled you.
Babylon Bee Sues New Mexico Over AI Satire Disclaimer Law
The state's own attorney general already suspected this was unconstitutional. That didn't slow anything down.
Texas Locked a Foreign Company's Domain Over Missing Digital ID Checks
Fourteen days after a Travis County judge signed, motherless.com dropped out of the .com zone file for every person on earth, most of whom have never heard of Travis County.
Second Circuit Strikes Down New York City Law Forcing Apps to Share Customer Data
A restaurant taking a DoorDash order sees a first name and a last initial but a new law would have sent the rest.
Florida Wildlife Agency Used Police Database on Activists
The database is supposed to catch criminals. In Florida, it caught the people who show up to public meetings and say the wrong thing.
Minnesota Nudification Ban Takes Effect After Judge Denies xAI Restraining Order
Despite First Amendment concerns pending, the first US nudification ban is now law in Minnesota. A judge denied xAI's restraining order over its filing delay.
Judge Denies Immunity to Texas Cops in Meme Arrest Case
The joke was that two rivals could never endorse each other. The felony charge landed the day after the election.