- Court
- Justice Court, Denton County, Texas
- Docket
- No. S22-87J1
- Parties
- A banned r/StarTrek user vs. Reddit, Inc.
- Claim type
- other
- Filed
- 2022-05-17
Summary
A Reddit user was banned from the r/StarTrek subreddit by a volunteer moderator after posting a comment that violated the community's be-nice rule. The user filed a small-claims petition against Reddit under Texas House Bill 20, claiming he had been unlawfully censored for a lawful opinion, and seeking roughly $20,000 plus reinstatement. Reddit highlighted the matter in U.S. Supreme Court amicus briefs as an example of the litigation risk that HB 20's content-moderation restrictions create for platforms and their volunteer moderators. The briefs do not establish a final merits outcome.