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MOODY v. NETCHOICE, LLC 

ALITO, J., concurring in judgment 

location within Texas.10,11,12  Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code 
Ann. §§143A.001(1), 143A.002(a)(1)–(3) (West Cum. Supp. 
2023).  However, the law allows platforms to censor speech
that: federal law “specifically authorize[s]” them to censor; 
speech that the platform is told sexually exploits children 
or  survivors  of  sexual  abuse;  speech  that  “directly  incites 
criminal  activity  or  consists  of  specific  threats  of  violence
targeted  against  a  person  or  group  because  of  race,  color,
disability, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, sex or 
status as peace officer or judge”; and speech that is other-
wise unlawful or has been the subject of a user’s request for 
removal from his or her feed or profile.  §§143A.006(a)–(b). 
Disclosure provisions.  Like the Florida law, H. B. 20 also 
requires platforms to make general and individual disclo-
sures about their censorship practices.  Specifically, the law 
obligates each platform to tell the public how it “targets,”
“promotes,” and “moderates” content.  §§120.051(a)(1)–(3).
And whenever a platform censors a user, the law requires 
it to inform the user why that was done.  §120.103(a)(1).13 

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10 In general, to “deplatform” means “to remove and ban a registered 
user from a mass communication medium (such as a social networking 
or  blogging  website).”  Merriam-Webster’s  Collegiate  Dictionary  (10th 
ed.  2024),  (defining  “deplatform”;  some  punctuation  omitted),  https:// 
unabridged.merriam-webster.com/collegiate/deplatform  (unless  other-
wise noted, all internet sites last accessed May 22, 2024). 

11 “[D]emonetization” often refers to the act of preventing “online con-
tent  from  earning  revenue  (as  from  advertisements).”  Ibid.  (defining
“demonetize”;  some  punctuation  omitted),  https://unabridged.merriam- 
webster.com/collegiate/demonetize. 

12 “Boosting on social media means [paying] a platform to amplify . . . 
posts for more reach.”  C. Williams, HubSpot, Social Media Definitions: 
The  Ultimate  Glossary  of  Terms  You  Should  Know  (June  23,  2023), 
  De-boosting 
https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/social-media-terms. 
thus  usually  refers  to  when  platforms  refuse  to  continue  increasing  a 
post’s or user’s visibility to other users. 

13 Texas has represented that a brief computer-generated notification
to an affected user would satisfy the provision’s notification requirement. 
Brief for Respondent in No. 22–555, p. 44.