Computer & Communications Industry Association v. Paxton

CCIA v. Paxton and SEAT v. Paxton
CourtU.S District Court for the Western District of Texas
Full case name Computer & Communications Industry Association, Plaintiff, v. Ken Paxton, in his official capacity as Attorney General of Texas, Defendant.
Students Engaged in Advancing Texas et al, Plaintiff, v. Ken Paxton, in his official capacity as Attorney General of Texas, Defendant.
ArguedDecember 16, 2025
DecidedDecember 23, 2025
Docket nos.1:25-cv-01660 1:25-cv-01662
VerdictPreliminary injunction is granted
Ruling
SB 2420 Triggers Strict Scrutiny under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and fails Strict Scrutiny.
Court membership
Judge sittingRobert Pitman
Case opinions
CCIA Opinion SEAT Opinion

Computer & Communications Industry Association v. Paxton or simply CCIA v. Paxton and Students Engaged in Advancing Texas v. Paxton or simply SEAT v. Paxton are federal lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of Texas SB 2420 arguing it violates the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The other lawsuit challenging SB 2420 is Students Engaged in Advancing Texas v. Paxton both CCIA and SEAT also challenged the SCOPE Act of Texas.[1][2][3]

The law in question requires Appstore's to verify the age category of users if that age category is a range that is below 18 years of age, then the user has to have verified parental consent to download an app or do an in-app purchase. The law also requires apps to set age ratings for their apps and developers can have access to the data on the status of age verification and parental consent. The main point of the law is to shift the burden of age verification to the Appstore level.[4][5]

So far at least two other states other than Texas have passed Appstore Age Verification laws in the same vein as this, them being Utah and Louisiana with New Hampshire introducing a similar bill for its 2026 legislative session. Tim Cook CEO of apple has criticized these types of laws as invading privacy and that there are better proposed laws to protect children. Apple is a member of the Computer & Communications Industry Association.[6][7][8][9][10]

On December 23, 2025, Federal Judge Robert Pitman blocked the law from taking effect saying that the law triggered strict scrutiny and that it didn't survive it.[11]

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