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Supreme Court Denies Stay of Texas' Age Verification Law
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request by Free Speech Coalition (FSC) and other plaintiffs to stay Texas’ controversial age verification law while the court decides on a petition that would effectively overturn it on constitutional grounds.
FSC Asks Supreme Court to Overturn 5th Circuit Decision, Strike Texas' Age Verification Law
Free Speech Coalition (FSC) filed a petition for certiorari on Friday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Fifth Circuit panel decision that partially upheld Texas’ controversial age verification law.
5th Circuit Denies Texas AV Law Stay Pending SCOTUS Appeal
The United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has rejected a petition, by Free Speech Coalition (FSC) and its co-plaintiffs in the challenge to Texas’ controversial age verification law, to stay the court's recent decision upholding the law while they appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to review its constitutionality.
FSC, Co-Plaintiffs to Ask US Supreme Court to Review Constitutionality of Texas Age Verification Law
Free Speech Coalition (FSC) and its co-plaintiffs in the challenge to Texas’ controversial age verification law have petitioned the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to stay its recent decision upholding the law, because they intend to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to review the law’s constitutionality.
Supreme Court Upholds Section 230 for Social Media Platforms
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Section 230, ruling in favor of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube/Google in two cases that were being closely watched by free speech and digital rights advocates.
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on 2nd Content Moderation Case
The U.S. Supreme Court today heard oral arguments on the second of two important cases concerning online speech, content moderation and Section 230 protections.
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Potentially Pivotal Section 230 Case
The U.S. Supreme Court today heard oral arguments on the first of two important cases concerning online speech, content moderation and Section 230 protections.
SCOTUS to Take Up Section 230 Challenges
The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it will hear two cases that could lead to landmark decisions about Section 230 liability protection for online platforms.
India's Supreme Court Rebukes Attempt to Codify Link Between Porn, Sex Crimes
The Supreme Court of India has rejected a petition seeking to codify an alleged link between viewing internet pornography and committing crimes such as rape and child sexual abuse.
Supreme Court Puts Texas Online Platform Liability Law on Hold
In an unusual 5-4 vote that did not follow ideological lines, the Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a controversial Texas social media law that would have made social media platforms liable for moderating content based on what the law defined as “viewpoints.”
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Section 230 Case Against Facebook
The Supreme Court declined today to settle a question presented by a Jane Doe looking to establish Facebook’s liability in a case where she alleges that she was “sex trafficked as a minor” because the social media platform “connected her with a sex trafficker.”
Supreme Court Confirms No U.S. Civil Jurisdiction for Alleged Foreign-Based Piracy
In a case that sets a concerning precedent for content producers worried about online piracy, the U.S. Supreme Court refused yesterday to take up an adult content copyright holder’s appeal of a lower court decision that U.S. courts have no jurisdiction over foreign copyright infringers.
Texas Supreme Court Denies Section 230 Protection for Third-Party Content, Citing FOSTA/SESTAA
n a stunning 33-page decision, the Texas Supreme Court denied Facebook’s liability immunity for third party content based on Section 230 — the so-called “First Amendment of the internet" — with the majority opinion quoting FOSTA/SESTA to state that Section 230 “was never intended to provide legal protection to websites that facilitate traffickers in advertising the sale of unlawful sex acts with sex trafficking victims.”
Czech Supreme Court Upholds Fines for 'Gratuitous Nudity' in Ads
The Czech Supreme Administrative Court (NSS) ruled last month that the “gratuitous” use of images of the naked or “almost naked” female body in advertising for unrelated products constitutes discrimination in the Central European country.
India: Supreme Court Blasts Streaming Services for Offering 'Porn'
As India’s Supreme Court continues to evaluate whether to impose content regulations on streaming services doing business in the populous Asian country, members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are urging the enforcement of long-standing prohibitions against obscenity and blasphemy, alleging that some streaming services “even show pornography.”
Texas Supreme Court Justice Probes Section 230 Immunity After FOSTA-SESTA
A Texas Supreme Court Justice questioned long-standing interpretations of Section 230 liability protections this week, while hearing a case that deliberately tests the exception to the so called “First Amendment of the internet” that was carved out by FOSTA-SESTA for alleged instances of human trafficking.
Alana Evans Releases 'Supreme Court Handmaiden' Parody
Alana Evans has released a new politically-charged scene, “As the Gavel Bangs,” via her fan platforms.
Mary Moody Shares Supreme Court Concerns With 'The Daily Beast'
"All-American beauty and Penthouse Pet" Mary Moody is among the adult performers quoted in a recent story for The Daily Beast that examines the potential ramifications of Amy Coney Barrett becoming the next Supreme Court Justice.
Clarence Thomas Calls for High Court Review of Section 230
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas today used a concurrent opinion about a case the court decided not to hear to issue a broader challenge on current liability protections for online platforms provided by Section 230, the so-called “First Amendment of the internet.”
Supreme Court Tests Bush-Era Law Forcing Nonprofits to Denounce Sex Work
U.S. Supreme Court justices voiced their concern Tuesday that a 2003 law that requires overseas affiliates of American nonprofits to take a formal stance opposing sex work in order to get federal funding might violate constitutional Free Speech rights.