US appeals court blocks part of Texas children's online safety law

Short summary

A three-judge panel of the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that federal Section 230 shields preempt the monitoring and filtering requirements in Texas' SCOPE Act. The decision limits the state's ability to impose liability on platforms for third-party content. The ruling narrows but does not fully strike down the children's online safety law.

• •5th Circuit blocks monitoring/filtering provisions of Texas SCOPE Act
• •Section 230 preemption cited as basis for the 2-1 ruling
• •Remaining parts of the law are unaffected

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