First Amendment
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.
UK’s Ofcom Seeks Wider Powers After American Forum Fine Fails
A £950,000 penalty, an American forum, and a British agency learning about the First Amendment.
Full Sixth Circuit Is Asked To Kill Ohio’s Online ID Law
A single divided panel handed Ohio something no other appeals court would, and NetChoice is betting the rest of the bench won’t agree.
Ofcom Wants American Police to Collect Its Speech Fine
A foreign censor is demanding that US police override the First Amendment to finish its collection job.
Supreme Court Lets Texas Enforce App Store ID Check Law
The justices didn’t say a word about the First Amendment. They just let the ID check stay switched on.
Man Sues DHS After Agents Tracked Him Over ICE Email
FIRE sues DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin as ICE agents track down David Streever over a critical email to ICE.
Brazil Enters Rumble Case to Defend Pro-Censorship Judge
Brazil’s argument is that the judge’s orders are shielded by immunity even if they broke the law.
NO FAKES Act Clears Senate Committee: Delete First, Ask Never
Three senators named the free-speech problems out loud and voted for the bill anyway.