[9] In May 2021, Florida passed SB 7072, a bill to ban social media companies from "deplatforming" users who are political candidates or "journalistic enterprises," among other things.
This exemption was removed later after DeSantis objected to The Walt Disney Company's challenge to the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, also known as the "Don't Say Gay" law.
[12] In September 2021, Texas passed House Bill 20, a measure to ban popular social media services from moderating content based on "viewpoint" and from adding addenda, like fact-checks, to their users’ posts, among other things.
NetChoice and CCIA sued Ken Paxton, the Attorney General of Texas, in federal court to block the law's implementation.
They argued that the Fifth Circuit's unreasoned order deprived them of "careful review and a meaningful decision" and that reinstating the district court's stay would preserve the status quo while the law's constitutionality continued to be litigated.
On September 16, 2022, a panel of the Fifth Circuit ruled that the district court erred in issuing its injunction, saying that the First Amendment does not protect social media companies' editorial discretion over what user generated content to publish.
The law required some social media companies if they made more than 100 million dollars per year to verify the age of new accounts and if they were under 18 get parental consent.
This law requires that children and teens under 16 to get parental consent on a platform that allows content to be posted a on a public or semi-public profile.
NetChoice filed a lawsuit against the State of Ohio claiming that the law was violating constitutional rights and the First Amendment and that it would pose a risk to internet privacy, safety and security.
The judge stated that "Foreclosing minors under sixteen from accessing all content on websites that the Act purports to cover, absent affirmative parental consent, is a breathtakingly blunt instrument for reducing social media’s harm to children.”[23] A hearing was held on February 7.
On April 30, 2024 Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signed HB 1126 also known as The Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act.
It also requires platforms to filter and block content if it promotes, glorifies, or facilitates such topics such as suicide, self-harm, or eating disorders, substance abuse, stalking, bullying, or harassment, or grooming, etc.
[50][51] Later on July 30, 2024 both the Computer and Communications Industry Association and NetChoice sued Attorney General Ken Paxton to block the law before it went into effect in September.
[69] After HB 3 was sent to The Governor of Florida PEN America along with Chamber of Progress, PRISM, The Trevor Project, The First Amendment Foundation, LGBT Tech, American Civil Liberties Union, and NetChoice would send a letter against him to veto it arguing that it was unconstitutional.
[75] In January 2025, NetChoice and TechNet sued the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to block a new rule which gave the regulator supervisory authority over payment apps and digital wallets from large non-banks.