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Liberty Overwatch, [11.05.22 20:13]
Court Revives Texas Law Against Banning Social Media Users for Political Views | Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/court-revives-texas-social-media-law-against-banning-users-views-2022-05-11/)
A federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed a Texas law prohibiting large social media platforms from banning users based on their political views to go into effect while the state appeals a lower court order that had blocked it.
The lawsuit by internet lobbying groups NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), whose members include Twitter, Facebook and Google, challenges a law, signed by Texas' Republican Governor Greg Abbott in September, forbidding social media companies with more than 50 million active users per month from banning members based on their political views and requiring them to publicly disclose how they moderate content.
Abbott at the time said the law was in response to "a dangerous movement by social media companies to silence conservative viewpoints and ideas."
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton celebrated the victory on Twitter (https://twitter.com/txag/status/1524529537446551552?s=12&t=J02CqtRa4EpZf2K81H_Pwg), “My office just secured another BIG WIN against BIG TECH.
#Texas's HB20 is back in effect. The 5th Circuit made the right call here, and I look forward to continuing to defend the constitutionality of #HB20.”
Read more | Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/court-revives-texas-social-media-law-against-banning-users-views-2022-05-11/)
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