CCIA, NetChoice Seek to Block Texas’ Social Media ‘Delay Tactics’

Texas’ motion to extend the timeline for responding to a lawsuit over the state’s social media law (see 2109220064) is a “delay tactic” meant to block the court’s ability to rule on constitutionality before its effective date, said the Computer & Communications Industry Association and NetChoice in a filing (also see here) Wednesday in docket 1:21-cv-00840. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a motion for a 60-day extension, two weeks after the new law’s Dec. 2 effective date. The associations said granting the motion would lead to “unnecessary and overly burdensome ‘expedited’ discovery” that would intrude into “constitutionally protected editorial practices.” Paxton’s office didn’t comment.