FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.—Today, NetChoice is in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas to stop Arkansas’ Act 900 from taking effect. This law is merely a cosmetic update by the state to revamp a censorship provision already declared unconstitutional.
“Arkansas’s earlier attempts to restrict online speech failed. The court recognized the blatant First Amendment violations every time. This law, which is nothing more than a face lift on the state’s first unconstitutional effort, will face the same fate,” said Paul Taske, Co-Director of the NetChoice Litigation Center.
“If Arkansas is serious about addressing potential problems online, it must respect the First Amendment. Unconstitutional laws do not protect anyone. In fact, they only delay meaningful solutions. And even if this law did go into effect, it would be a disaster for the privacy and security of all Arkansans.”
Outside of its window dressing, Act 900 will impose new, sweeping restrictions on speech by, for example, blocking all notifications within state-dictated windows. This so-called update violates the First Amendment and presents the same fundamental flaws as the original, which was declared unlawful and blocked in full last year.
In December 2025, NetChoice also obtained a preliminary injunction of Arkansas Act 901, a companion law to Act 900 that would have dictated how online services display information, pushing them to over-censor lawful speech.
Read our request for a preliminary injunction here.
Find full case resources for NetChoice v. Griffin (2025) here.
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