In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Texas law requiring age verification for access to porn sites (see 2506270015 and 2501130012). The majority in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton sided with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) in support of HB-1181, which the adult industry trade association Free Speech Coalition said violates the First Amendment (see 2409170012).
In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Texas law requiring age verification for access to porn sites. The ruling sided with Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) in support of the state's HB-1181, which the Free Speech Coalition, an adult industry trade association, challenged in a 2023 lawsuit, saying it violated the First Amendment (see 2409170012).
Microsoft sought dismissal of a lawsuit alleging it improperly collects ad data in a way that mimics surveillance and can identify individual users. It argued Monday that plaintiffs in case 25-00570 -- individuals who used Microsoft to access various websites -- were attempting to "stretch common-law privacy and wiretap laws beyond their intended scope.”
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Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown (D) on Monday asked for the dismissal of a lawsuit from NetChoice over the state’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (MAADC) Act, arguing that the trade association failed to state a claim and lacked jurisdiction.
A court dismissed a class action lawsuit against the NFL that alleged the league violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) by employing the Meta-tracking pixel without user notice and consent. Issued Friday, the summary order ruled that an "ordinary person" could not determine a user's Facebook ID through the pixel's transmission.
Just one day after a coalition of nearly 20 states blessed TTAM Research Institute's agreement to acquire 23andMe and its data (see 2506180018), a court document filed Thursday shows nine more states joined in support. The group of now 27 states argued that genetic data isn't moving to a third party, since TTAM isn't strictly an outsider. TTAM's chief, Anne Wojcicki, founded 23andMe and is its former CEO.
A federal court on Wednesday declined to block a Tennessee law requiring that social media companies verify the age of account holders and gain parental consent from users younger than 18 before they can open accounts.
The New Jersey Supreme Court upheld Daniel’s Law in a decision Tuesday, rejecting a journalist’s First Amendment challenge to the statute that aims to protect certain public officials' personal information.
A bipartisan coalition of 17 states and the District of Columbia on Wednesday gave their approval of TTAM Research Institute's agreement to acquire 23andMe and its data. The group argued in a court filing that TTAM isn't really a third party since its chief, Anne Wojcicki, is 23andMe's founder and former CEO. Even still, some states continued to object to the $305 million sale of the bankrupt biotech company despite TTAM's pledge to adopt additional data privacy protections in response to concerns (see 2506160045).