In Hussey v. City of Cambridge, the court is considering whether a public employee’s speech can lose First Amendment protection simply because it is considered vulgar or offensive. The case centers on a government worker who faced discipline after engaging…
In The Buckeye Institute v. Internal Revenue Service, The Buckeye Institute, a nonprofit policy organization based in Ohio, challenged a federal tax law that requires most 501(c)(3) charities to disclose the names and addresses of their major donors to the…
NetChoice v. Griffin is a federal court case challenging an Arkansas law that would force social media platforms to verify users’ ages and require parental consent before minors could create accounts. The law was promoted as a way to protect…
Ohio passed the Social Media Parental Notification Act, requiring social-media companies to obtain “verifiable parental consent” before allowing anyone under 16 to use their platforms. Woodhull Freedom Foundation joined a group of civil-liberties and tech-rights organizations, including the ACLU, EFF,…
Woodhull Freedom Foundation joined American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Freedom to Read Foundation, LGBT Tech, and Wikimedia Foundation in an amicus brief in CCIA v. Uthmeier, urging the Eleventh Circuit to affirm…
Woodhull joined allies FIRE, Center for Democracy and Technology, Clay Calvert, Electronic Frontier Foundation, National Coalition Against Censorship, and the Student Press Law Center in this critical Supreme Court amicus brief to stand up for both free speech and fundamental…
Computer and Communications Industry Association v. Paxton is a legal challenge brought by the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and NetChoice against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, contesting the constitutionality of Texas House Bill 20 (HB 20). HB 20…
When the courts get it wrong, the only option is to go back to the courts and appeal their decisions. In the case of U.S. v. Lacey, Spear, and Brunst, the courts got it wrong from the outset. We’re supporting…
The Utah Minor Protection in Social Media Act case centers on a 2024 law requiring social media platforms to implement age verification systems, restrict features for minors, and apply default privacy settings. The constitutionality of the law will be considered…
We joined Chamber of Progress and LGBT Tech in a friend of the court brief in Netchoice v. Bonta which challenges California law SB 976 that aims to restrict social media use for people under 18. While the law's intention…