Throughout its 50-plus years, CCIA has brought a number of legal challenges to promote competition and protect free speech and innovation online.
Since 2021, CCIA has been a co-plaintiff in several cases fighting unconstitutional Internet regulation that would prevent digital services from exercising their First Amendment right to determine what, when, and how to display content.
CCIA is currently a co-Plaintiff in three federal lawsuits — NetChoice & CCIA v. Moody (challenging Florida SB 7072), NetChoice & CCIA v. Paxton (challenging Texas HB 20), and CCIA & NetChoice v. Paxton (challenging Texas HB 18) — against statutes that would force digital service companies to display third-party content and make regular disclosures of their content management policies, practice, and instances of use. Lawmakers in both states openly announced that their intent is to “rein in” digital service companies in retaliation for perceived anti-conservative bias. The first two cases went up to the Supreme Court during the 2023-2024 term, with a majority of the Court finding that the lower court’s decision against us “rested on a serious misunderstanding of First Amendment precedent and principle”, and litigation continues.
CCIA is also a co-Plaintiff in litigation challenging digital services taxes in Maryland, as well as an amicus in cases challenging unconstitutional laws in California and Montana.