John Perrino

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Appeals from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. 1:25-CV-1662 USDC No. 1:25-CV-1660 ________________________________ UNPUBLISHED ORDER Before Smith, Haynes, and Oldham, Circuit Judges. Per Curiam: This administrative panel has under advisement the appellant’s motion to stay the district court’s universal preliminary injunctions pending appeal. That motion is in the briefing stage; the appellant’s reply in support of the motion is due June 2, 2026. Pending a ruling on the motion for stay pending appeal, IT IS ORDERED that the preliminary injunctions are temporarily and administratively STAYED.
Amendment. In sum, Paxton fails to show that its interest in immediately enforcing SB 2420 overrides the public interest in protecting the constitutional right to free speech. In conclusion, all four factors weigh against a stay. Therefore, the Court will deny Paxton’s request for a stay pending appeal and maintain the status quo. IV. CONCLUSION For these reasons, IT IS ORDERED that Paxton’s Opposed Motion to Stay Preliminary Injunction Pending Appeal, (Dkt. 69), is DENIED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Paxton’s Unopposed Motion to Stay Preliminary Injunction Pending Appeal, (Dkt. 68), is MOOT. IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that Paxton’s Motion for Expedited Ruling, (Dkt. 75), is MOOT. SIGNED on May 6, 2026. _____________________________________ ROBERT PITMAN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Representative Jake Auchincloss speaks during a congressional vote.
The cartoon character Bart Simpson repeatedly write "I will not write 2025" on a green chalkboard in a classroom.
Either way, Adams and her friends don’t plan to go quietly. When one app asked them to submit a selfie for an age verification system, they used a photo of a golden retriever they found on Google. It worked, she said.
If allowed to stand, the Fourth Circuit’s one-two punch will yield mass evictions from the internet. ISPs confronting steep penalties will have no choice but to terminate the connections of homes, barracks, hospitals, and hotels, upon bare accusation. The ramifications extend beyond copyright infringement: Under the Fourth Circuit’s reasoning, once an aggrieved party sends an ISP a notice asserting any manner of customer wrongdoing, the ISP is a willful accomplice for every subsequent customer misdeed. That notion turns internet providers into internet police and jeopardizes internet access for millions of users.
Public Knowledge 22nd Annual IP3 Awards - Meet the 2025 Awardees Internet Protocol: Dr. Joseph Lorenzo Hall Intellectual Property: Sarah Jeong Information Policy: Dr. Alondra Nelson President's Award: Alvaro Bedoya Presidents Award: Rebecca Kelly Slaughter
2) Age assurance and default tools and/or settings for account holders By no later than 6 months after this Code comes into effect and where technically feasible and reasonably practicable, a provider of an internet search engine service must:     a) implement appropriate age assurance measures for account holders; and     b) apply tools and/or settings, like ‘safe search’ functionality, at the highest safety setting by default for an account holder its age assurance systems indicate is likely to be an Australian child, designed to protect and prevent Australian children from accessing or being exposed to online pornography and high impact violence material in search results. At a minimum, such tools and settings must filter out online pornography and high-impact violence material detected in search results. Note: Internet search engine services are designed for general public use, with or without an account. Providers of internet search engine services are not required to implement age assurance measures for end-users who are not account holders.
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Graphic for Speech Matters Podcast episode "Moderation: It's Not Just About Content" with blue background and a microphone illustration. Photos of John Perrino and Michelle Deutchman
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Elon Musk replies to the OpenAI Stargate announcement on X that "SoftBank has well under $10B secured. I have that on good authority." with Sam Altman responding that is "wrong, as you surely know." and inviting Musk to visit the first site.
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"RIP Tik Tok USA ❤️" written on a camera lens
The Supreme Court website agenda for Friday, January 17 reads that "The Court may announce opinions on the homepage beginning at 10 a.m. The Court will not take the Bench."
Cartoon character Bart Simpson writes "The date is not 2024." repeatedly on a school chalkboard.
KOSA snippet: "Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow a government entity to enforce subsection (a) based upon the viewpoint of users expressed or through any speech, expression, or information protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States."
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“Yeah, it's a really important issue. As a parent, I'm very passionate about protecting children online. As a professional, as a lawyer, in my career as a legislator, I've made this a big part of my work. My life's commitment is to protect children. And we've been doing that. We have to take some initiative on this. There's been some great work done on KOSA. As you know, there's still some concern about the free speech and whether it might lead to further censorship by the government of valid conservative voices, for example. So, we're working through all that. I'm grateful for the hard work that's been done. I'm grateful for the support behind it. I certainly I think all of us, 100% of us, support the principle behind it. But you’ve got to get this one right. When you're dealing with the regulation of free speech, you can't go too far and have it be overbroad, but you want to achieve those objectives. So, it's essential that we get this issue right. We are very optimistic that if it's not done this year, that we can do that early next year with our Republican majorities because it's the Republican party that has been working aggressively to protect children online. We lead on this and will continue to lead on.”
Cristiano Lima of the Washington Post tweets a screenshot of the following statement by House Speaker Mike Johnson: "As a parent, I am passionate about addressing children's online safety. And as an attorney and a legislator, I have worked on the protection of children my entire career. I have been and continue to be open to working on a solution that protects kids online while continuing to protect the free speech rights of all Americans. It's essential to get this issue right and House Republicans look forward to working with the Trump Administration to get the right bill into law."
A museum plaque with a picture of former Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman holding a toy gun with bold text overlay "U.S. SENATORS CALL FOR WARNING LABELS ON VIDEO GAMES"
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I Stand Up For My Mom and Dad. Stand Up to Cancer
A horizontal bar chart showing the most important technology issues from a recent survey of U.S. voters. "Kids safety" is the most important issue, followed closely by election integrity, privacy, and cyber attacks. The lowest-priority tech issues in the poll were disinformation, censorship and content moderation.
At approx. 12:00pm amendment #3022 will be withdrawn and the Senate will vote on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S.2073 with amendment #3021 (KOSA/COPPA) without further intervening action or debate.
Closeup of Senator Maria Cantwell smirking
Screenshot of a Politico article: "The Spanish government has a plan to prevent kids from watching porn online: Meet the porn passport. Officially (and drily) called the Digital Wallet Beta (Cartera Digital Beta), the app Madrid unveiled on Monday would allow internet platforms to check whether a prospective smut-watcher is over 18. Porn-viewers will be asked to use the app to verify their age. Once verified, they'll receive 30 generated “porn credits” with a one-month validity granting them access to adult content. Enthusiasts will be able to request extra credits. "
Congresswoman Lori Trahan speaks during a subcommittee markup of the Kids Online Safety Act.
(d) PERMITTED PURPOSES.—A covered entity, or service provider on behalf of a covered entity, may collect, process, retain, or transfer covered data for the following purposes, if the covered entity or service provider can demonstrate that the collection, processing, retention, or transfer is necessary, proportionate, and limited to such purpose: [...] (16) To conduct a public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research project that— (A) is in the public interest; (B) adheres to all relevant laws and regulations governing such research, including regulations for the protection of human subjects, if applicable; and (C) transfers sensitive covered data only to the extent that affirmative express consent has been received from the affected individuals. (e) GUIDANCE.—The Commission shall issue guidance regarding what is necessary, proportionate, and limited to comply with this section. (f) JOURNALISM.—Nothing in this title may be construed to limit or diminish
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Witnesses: Carrie Goldberg, Founding Attorney, C.A. Goldberg, PLLC Marc Berkman, CEO, Organization for Social Media Safety Kate Tummarello, Executive Director, Engine
"The internet's original promise was to help people and businesses connect, innovate and share information. Congress passed the Communications Decency Act in 1996 to realize those goals. It was an overwhelming success."
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