Texas Islamic Groups Argue That Internet Speech Should Be Less Protected Than Print, Radio, or Television Speech

by Eugene Volokh
The Volokh Conspiracy
June 26, 2009

https://www.legal-project.org/389/texas-islamic-groups-argue-that-internet-speech

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The Texas Court of Appeals disagrees, holding that a Texas statute that gives procedural protection to "electronic or print media" defendants covers Internet journalists on par with print journalists (and reaffirming that the First Amendment does as well). The case is Kaufman v. Islamic Society of Arlington, Texas; Kaufman is the defendant in the underlying libel action, even though his name is listed first in the appeal -- the plaintiffs, who made the argument, were Islamic Society of Arlington, Texas, Islamic Center of Irving, DFW Islamic Educational Center, Inc., Dar Elsalam Islamic Center, Al Hedayah Islamic Center, Islamic Association of Tarrant Count, and Muslim American Society of Dallas.

Here's the core legal issue: A Texas statute allows pretrial appeals of, among other things, an order that

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