( June 25, 2026, 03:51 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: NetChoice and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression told a US appeals court that Texas’ App Accountability Act is content-based, both on its face and in its purpose, because app stores provide their users access to immense amounts of fully protected speech. “Here, app stores facilitate users’ access to fully protected speech, and that activity itself falls within the First Amendment’s protection. Restrictions on distribution of protected speech necessarily burden the speech available to the public,” they argued.See attached file. ...
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