§ 230 Preempts Texas Mandates on Social Media Platforms, Fifth Circuit Holds by 2-1 Vote
Free Speech § 230 Preempts Texas Mandates on Social Media Platforms, Fifth Circuit Holds by 2-1 Vote Eugene Volokh | 7.27.2026 8:01 AM An excerpt from the long opinion in Computer & Comm. Paxton, decided Friday by Fifth Circuit Judges Dana Douglas and Patrick Higginbotham: [1.] [Texas] H.B. 18 … imposes requirements on DSPs [Digital Service Providers]….
- ▪Free Speech § 230 Preempts Texas Mandates on Social Media Platforms, Fifth Circuit Holds by 2-1 Vote Eugene Volokh | 7.27.2026 8:01 AM An excerpt from the long opinion in Computer & Comm.
- ▪Paxton, decided Friday by Fifth Circuit Judges Dana Douglas and Patrick Higginbotham: [1.] [Texas] H.B.
- ▪18 … imposes requirements on DSPs [Digital Service Providers]….
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Free Speech § 230 Preempts Texas Mandates on Social Media Platforms, Fifth Circuit Holds by 2-1 Vote Eugene Volokh | 7.27.2026 8:01 AM An excerpt from the long opinion in Computer & Comm. Industry Ass'n v. Paxton, decided Friday by Fifth Circuit Judges Dana Douglas and Patrick Higginbotham: [1.] [Texas] H.B. 18 … imposes requirements on DSPs [Digital Service Providers]…. With the exception of its age-verification requirement, H.B. 18 applies only to DSPs whose digital service "connects users in a manner that allows users to socially interact with other users on the digital service," "allows a user to create a public or semi-public profile for purposes of signing into and using the digital service," and "allows a user to create or post content that can be viewed by other users of the…
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