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Today, NetChoice President & CEO Steve DelBianco is pleased to announce that Bartlett Cleland and Patrick Hedger, MPP will be joining the NetChoice team. Bartlett Cleland will be serving as General Counsel & Director of Strategic Initiatives, and Patrick Hedger as Director of Policy. “I am pleased to welcome Bartlett Cleland and Patrick Hedger to NetChoice. These two capable policy experts will be superb advocates for NetChoice’s fight to protect free expression and free enterprise online,” said DelBianco. “With Cleland’s decades of work in technology policy and Hedger’s experience as a policy stalwart for free market principles, I am confident they both will be skillful additions to our industry-leading team.” Learn more about Cleland and Hedger at https://buff.ly/3A9ZDOy.

Proud and excited to share that I’m starting a new position as Vice President of Public Affairs at NetChoice! Having been with the business almost 7 years, I'm incredibly proud of how far we've come, what we've accomplished, and the reputation we've built. Here's to even more! 🥂

Today, NetChoice sued Tennessee in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division, to halt another unconstitutional law, HB 1891. "NetChoice is suing to defend free speech online, prevent big government from compromising data security, and protect parents’ rights to make decisions for their families. HB 1891 would prevent Tennesseans–minors and adults alike–from discussing politics, catching up with friends, or reading the news online unless they surrender their sensitive personal data first," said Paul Taske, Associate Director of the NetChoice Litigation Center, said in a press release. Blocking access to free speech won’t make a single child—or any Tennessean—safe and secure online. Learn more about our new lawsuit, NetChoice v. Skrmetti, here: https://buff.ly/3Yd7NPy

Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah granted NetChoice’s request to halt Utah’s seriously flawed SB 194 from going into effect while our lawsuit, NetChoice v. Reyes, moves through the legal system. NetChoice has now secured a preliminary injunction in every lawsuit against similar acts of government overreach across the U.S. The District Court’s ruling yesterday is the sixth court ruling demonstrating yet again that these types of state laws clearly violate the First Amendment, parental rights and data security. Read the Court's opinion here: https://buff.ly/3MEJPpA Chris Marchese

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently ruled in NetChoice’s favor in our case against California’s unconstitutional, so-called “Age Appropriate Design Code,” NetChoice v. Bonta. The Ninth Circuit’s decision ensures that online services can continue to offer innovative products and features without navigating an unconstitutional minefield of vague obligations around content lawmakers subjectively believe is “harmful.” While NetChoice v. Bonta continues to move through the courts, this ruling reinforces important protections for free speech on the internet. NetChoice remains committed to empowering families and fostering a positive online experience with meaningful and constitutional solutions. https://buff.ly/3SVpQXr

This week, NetChoice launched a new lawsuit with Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) in Texas to stop HB 18, defend constitutional rights, protect parental rights, and keep kids—and all Texans—safe online. HB 18 violates Texans’ fundamental rights, creates a disaster for their online privacy and security, and replaces parents with government bureaucrats. “The law restricts all Texans’ ability to access and engage in protected speech online by requiring them to hand over their sensitive, personal data first. This is not only unconstitutional, it’s bad policy, and NetChoice is joining CCIA again on a new lawsuit in Texas to stop it,” said Chris Marchese, Director of the NetChoice Litigation Center. “The law also puts all Texans—especially children—at a seriously increased risk for exploitation and abuse for cyberattacks from hackers and criminals. Parents and guardians—not politicians—should be in charge of their families.” Learn more about CCIA & NetChoice v. Paxton here: https://buff.ly/3y9qFoo

Why does America lead the world in innovative technology? "Because we're free," explains Steve DelBianco, President & CEO of NetChoice. Our principles have inspired a thriving, competitive U.S. tech economy as our innovators use their creativity and entrepreneurial spirit to invent and bring new products to market. The estimated direct impact of the U.S. tech sector is over $2 trillion, nearly 10 million Americans have jobs as tech professionals (with more being added every year), and there are more than 600,000 tech businesses in the U.S. America’s founding principles—and the freedoms and innovations they inspire—are worth defending.

Yesterday, a shooter at a rally for President Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, attempted to assassinate the president. The following statement is from Steve DelBianco, President & CEO of NetChoice:

Yesterday, NetChoice successfully obtained an injunction against Mississippi HB 1126 while our case, NetChoice v. Fitch, moves through the legal system. We look forward to seeing this unconstitutional law struck down permanently. https://buff.ly/3VL3AQB

Today, NetChoice & the Computer & Communications Industry Association secured an important win for free expression at the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court ruled in favor of our core First Amendment arguments against Texas and Florida’s unconstitutional laws controlling online speech. In our statement on the ruling, Chris Marchese noted that “We are gratified to see the Supreme Court acknowledge the Constitution’s unparalleled protections for free speech, including the world’s most important communications tool, the internet. NetChoice will continue to vigorously defend Americans’ rights to free expression online.” Read the Supreme Court's ruling and learn more about NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice here: https://buff.ly/3W5vkR9