Case Categories: Internet and Social Media

• Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union (2002, 2004)

  Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union (2004) struck down a law designed to protect children from Internet pornography on grounds it violated the First...

• Bell v. Itawamba County School Board (5th Cir.) (2015)

  In Bell v. Itawamba County School Board (2012), the court ruled that school officials did not violate the First Amendment by punishing a student for posting a...

• Beussink v. Woodland School District (E.D. Mo.) (1998)

  Beussink v. Woodland School District (1998) used the First Amendment to protect the rights of a student who maintained a website that was critical of his school...

• Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. (2021)

  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. that school officials violated the First Amendment when it disciplined a cheerleader for...

• Packingham v. North Carolina (2017)

  Packingham v. North Carolina (2017) invalidated a state law prohibiting sex offenders from accessing social media. The court said the law barred First Amendment...

• Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1997)

  Reno v. ACLU (1997) said provisions of the Communications Decency Act that regulated Internet speech were too restrictive and violated the First Amendment...

• United States v. American Library Association (2003)

  US v. American Library Association (2003) struck down a First Amendment challenge against a law restricting funding to libraries that did not install Internet...