Computer & Communications Industry Association

Litigation

Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton

In the early 2020s, the CCIA, together with the trade association NetChoice, initiated a series of legal challenges to state laws regulating content moderation on social media platforms. In Florida, the associations contested Senate Bill 7072, which restricted large platforms' ability to suspend political candidates and required disclosure of moderation practices. In Texas, they challenged House Bill 20, which prohibited platforms from removing or demoting content on the basis of viewpoint. The two cases, Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton, reached the Supreme Court of the United States.

On 1 July 2024, the Court vacated and remanded both cases for further proceedings, holding that the lower courts had not sufficiently analyzed the First Amendment implications of the statutes. The decision left the laws unenforced while further constitutional review proceeds in the courts of appeals.

Florida House Bill 3

In October 2024, the CCIA and NetChoice filed a suit against Florida House Bill 3, a statute that restricted social media use by minors. The law prohibited children under the age of fourteen from maintaining accounts on social media platforms and required parental consent for users aged fourteen and fifteen. On 3 June 2025, a federal district judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the age-based account restrictions, holding that they likely violated the First Amendment. Provisions requiring platforms to allow parents or guardians to delete their children's accounts were permitted to take effect while litigation continued.

Texas Senate Bill 2420

On 16 October 2025 the CCIA sued the state of Texas alongside a student advocacy group known as Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT) over SB 2420 a law that requires Appstore's to verify the age of all users and require parental consent for every download and in app purchase that was done by a minor under eighteen. On 23 December 2025 the law was enjoined from being enforced Judge Robert Pitman compared the law to as if Texas required every person to verify their age in a bookstore and obtain parental consent for minors before they enter or purchase a book, Texas has since appealed this ruling.

Amicus participation

Beyond direct party litigation, the CCIA has also taken part in cases as amicus curiae. In September 2025, the association, alongside NetChoice and other trade groups, filed an amicus brief in Washington v. Meta, a case before the Washington Supreme Court concerning state disclosure requirements for political advertising. The amici urged the court to overturn a fine of US$35 million imposed on Meta under Washington's campaign-finance laws.