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Meta, Google, TikTok Challenge California Social Media Restrictions
The lawsuits cite the First Amendment and Section 230 while leaving California age verification intact.
Fifth Circuit Reopens Challenge to Texas Online Age Verification Law
The Fifth Circuit’s next move could decide how far Texas may police the social web.
California Lawsuit Seeks ChatGPT Ban on Medical Advice
The order wouldn’t stop bad medical advice. It would stop medical advice, and call that safety.
Eleventh Circuit Lets Georgia Social Media Age Checks Proceed
Georgia’s "child safety" law now comes with an adult-sized identity check.
The Social Reckoning Wants the Speech Referees Back
Facebook spent years censoring plenty. The movie says the problem was that it didn’t censor enough.
Section 230 Repeal Bill Could Put Online Speech at Risk
The bill targets Big Tech, but its first casualties could be the small sites that cannot afford a lawsuit.
HOMEFRONT Act Would Let Americans Challenge Foreign Censorship Orders
A congressional answer to the internet’s increasingly international speech police
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.
Adam Candeub’s Plan for Section 230, Obscenity, and Your Hands
There is a version of reducing Big Tech’s power that leaves you freer, and this is not the one on offer.
A Judge Just Recommended Congress Force Apple to Build iCloud Photo Scanning
The judge admits the law “prioritizes privacy,” then treats that like a bug for Congress to patch.
New Mexico’s Meta Trial Opens With Judge Wary of State’s Broad Surveillance Demands
A single state judge is being asked to build the surveillance infrastructure that Congress won’t vote on and he already sounds skeptical.
The Verdict Against Meta and Google That Could End the Anonymous Internet
If the design-as-defect argument survives appeal, more than 1,600 similar cases waiting in courts across the country inherit a ready-made blueprint for killing anonymous speech.
