Last summer, the Supreme Court’s decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton weakened the First Amendment rights of adults, in the name of “protecting children.” Paxton centers on a Texas law that imposes an age-verification requirement on websites that contain…
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…
Woodhull Freedom Foundation Comment in Response to a Proposed Rule by the Homeland Security Department: Collection and Use of Biometrics by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Woodhull Freedom Foundation is a national organization dedicated to defending sexual freedom as a…
We at the Woodhull Freedom Foundation have repeatedly sounded the alarm on age verification online, which threatens our fundamental human right to sexual freedom and the sanctity of the 1st Amendment. We’ve clarified that it’s not the same as “flashing…
Once again, President Trump’s administration is making history for all the wrong reasons. On August 28, the United States withdrew from the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. This marks the first time in UPR history that a United Nations Member…
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,…