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Appeals Court Blocks Texas SCOPE Act Under Section 230

7/25/2026

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A federal appeals panel held that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act preempts Texas’s SCOPE Act, blocking the state from enforcing the law’s content-filtering requirement.
Circuit Judge Dana Douglas authored the majority opinion.
Trade groups Computer & Communications Industry Association and NetChoice won the case, preventing Texas from censoring online platforms.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who defended the law, is the Republican Senate nominee for November.

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Story summary

A federal appeals panel held that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act preempts Texas’s SCOPE Act, blocking the state from enforcing the law’s content-filtering requirement.
Circuit Judge Dana Douglas authored the majority opinion.
Trade groups Computer & Communications Industry Association and NetChoice won the case, preventing Texas from censoring online platforms.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who defended the law, is the Republican Senate nominee for November.