Posts Tagged ‘first amendment’
Moving Fast and Breaking the Video Privacy Protection Act
By: Caitlyn Lindstrom Patreon, a video content subscription platform,[1] challenged the constitutionality of the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”),[2] which allows consumers to “maintain control over personal information” while generating and accessing video content on providers’ platforms.[3] The VPPA was born out of concern for consumer privacy regarding media consumption.[4] Following the publishing of then-U.S.…
Read MoreTexas’s Online-Age Check and What It Could Mean for Businesses
By: Sophie Ossip On August 31, 2023, U.S. District Judge David Ezra declared a Texas online-age requirement bill unconstitutional in Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Colmenero.[1] The Texas Attorney General’s Office appealed to the Fifth Circuit and a three-judge panel took up the case on October 4, 2023.[2] The bill required businesses that host adult…
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