Texas v. Tech Lords

Paxton v. Netchoice (Texas vs. BigTech)

• NetChoice LLC et al v. Paxton, Judge Robert Pitman, Western District of Texas (Austin), CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:21-cv-00840. In the 5th Circuit it is case 21-51178.

• Professor Eric Goldman of Santa Clara Law has a nice summary and links to key documents. See also the netchoice.org page.

• Netchoice opinion in District Court

• Goldman on Netchoice v. Paxton nov. 2021.

• Goldman on Texas statute, September 2021.

• Netchoice v. Paxton link page.

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The Texas Statute

The statute is here:

Sec. 143A.002.  CENSORSHIP PROHIBITED. (a)  A social media platform or interactive computer service may not censor a user, a user's expression, or a user's ability to receive the expression of another person based on:
 	             (1)  the viewpoint of the user or another person;
 	             (2)  the viewpoint represented in the user's expression
 	or another person's expression; or
 	             (3)  a user's geographic location in this state or any part of this state.
 	       (b)  This section applies regardless of whether the
 	viewpoint is expressed on a social media platform or interactive
 	computer service or through any other medium.

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