content-moderation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A631 John Doe, et al. v. Twitter, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-12-01 Application child-pornography civil-liability content-moderation internet-platform section-230 sex-trafficking Whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provides immunity to internet platforms for knowingly possessing child pornography and benefitin…
24-864 Estate of Carson Bride, By and Through His Appointed Administrator Kristin Bride, et al. v. Yolo Technologies, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2025-02-12 Denied Response Waived anonymous-communication communications-decency-act content-moderation online-messaging products-liability section-230 Whether Section 230(c)(1) of the Communications Decency Act immunizes an online anonymous messaging app from products liability claims where the app a…
24-732 Children's Health Defense v. Meta Platforms, Inc., a Delaware corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-01-13 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) content-moderation first-amendment government-collaboration interactive-platform speech-suppression state-action Does an interactive computer service provider become a state actor when it collaborates with government officials to suppress specific viewpoints, the…
24A681 TikTok, Inc., et al. v. Tawainna Anderson, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of N. A., a Deceased Minor Third Circuit 2025-01-13 Presumed Complete algorithm-liability content-moderation first-amendment internet-platform section-230 third-party-speech Whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act immunizes online platforms from state-law claims based on algorithmic content curation and recom…
24A368 Children's Health Defense v. Meta Platforms, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-10-18 Presumed Complete content-moderation first-amendment free-speech government-censorship misinformation social-media-platforms Whether the First Amendment permits social media platforms to moderate content based on government-requested misinformation assessments without violat…
23-647 Adrienne Sepaniak King v. Meta Platforms, Inc., fka Facebook, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-12-15 Denied Relisted (2) 47-usc-230 civil-procedure content-moderation contract contract-law first-amendment free-speech immunity internet-immunity judicial-interpretation section-230 standing Should this Court adopt the opinion of Justice Thomas in Malwarebytes v. Enigma Software Group USA, LLC, reverse the Barnes v. Yahoo!, Inc. decision, …
23-5821 Vanessa Sue Stafford v. Arizona Arizona 2023-10-17 Denied IFP civil-rights content-moderation due-process first-amendment free-speech government-censorship government-corruption legal-statements public-platform standing Whether Nextdoor has the right to take down legal statements about government corruption
23A243 Vivek H. Murthy, Surgeon General, et al. v. Missouri, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-09-14 Presumed Complete Amici (5) content-moderation first-amendment free-speech government-speech injunction social-media Whether the First Amendment prohibits the federal government from communicating with social media platforms regarding the removal or suppression of us…
23-5160 Scott Eric Houston v. Louisiana Louisiana 2023-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP compelled-speech content-moderation first-amendment free-speech government-regulation social-media Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from compelling private entities to host and disseminate speech they disagree with
22-753 Jason Fyk v. Facebook, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-10 Denied communications-decency-act content-moderation due-process free-speech good-samaritan immunity interactive-computer-service-provider internet-service-provider section-230 Proper scope of immunity under Section 230(c) of the Communications Decency Act
22-555 NetChoice, LLC, dba NetChoice, et al. v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas Fifth Circuit 2022-12-19 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (8)Relisted (2) content-moderation editorial-discretion first-amendment free-speech free-speech-rights social-media social-media-regulation viewpoint-discrimination Whether the First Amendment prohibits viewpoint-, content-, or speaker-based laws restricting select websites from engaging in editorial choices about…
22-375 Word of God Fellowship, Inc., dba Daystar Television Network v. Vimeo, Inc., et al. New York 2022-10-21 Denied civil-rights content-moderation contract-preemption first-amendment free-speech internet-immunity public-discourse section-230 viewpoint-discrimination Does Section 230 immunity extend to the removal of viewpoint-based speech on matters of public concern when the content of the speech is neither facia…
22-277 Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. v. NetChoice, LLC, dba NetChoice, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-09-23 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (10)Relisted (3) censorship content-moderation first-amendment free-speech social-media social-media-regulation state-law state-regulation third-party-communications time-place-manner Whether the First Amendment prohibits a State from requiring that social-media companies host third-party communications, and from regulating the time…
21-6354 Erik Mishiyev v. Alphabet Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-19 Denied IFP 1st-amendment censorship civil-rights content-moderation due-process first-amendment free-speech platform-liability standing youtube-censorship Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit order allowed YouTube to deprive the Petitioner of his Due Process rights under the 1…
21-5223 Donnell Bledsoe v. CBS Television Network, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-07-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights content-moderation copyright-infringement data-collection digital-privacy fair-use fourth-amendment intellectual-property privacy-policy social-media user-consent Whether the plaintiff's copyright and other intellectual property rights were violated by the defendants' unauthorized use of the plaintiff's content …
20-7155 James Scott, Jr. v. Norm Robinson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment administrative-law civil-rights compelled-speech constitutional-law content-moderation free-speech judicial-review legal-procedure social-media statutory-interpretation Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from compelling private entities to host and disseminate speech they disagree with
19-849 Kristanalea Dyroff, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Wesley Greer v. Ultimate Software Group, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-06 Denied civil-rights communications-decency-act content-moderation editorial-function editorial-functions free-speech immunity information-provider internet-immunity publisher publisher-liability section-230 Does Section 230(c)(1) provide broad immunity or limit the definition of a publisher?