Tech trade groups sue Texas over social media law
Source: The Hill
Tech industry groups are suing Texas over the state's recently passed law that aims to block social media companies from banning users based on political views.
The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and NetChoice co-filed the suit Wednesday, arguing the law signed by Gov. Greg Abbott (R) earlier this month is unconstitutional and would undermine platforms' ability to ban language including pro-Nazi speech, terrorist propaganda and medical misinformation.
"These restrictions - by striking at the heart of protected expression and editorial judgment - will prohibit platforms from taking action to protect themselves, their users, advertisers, and the public more generally from harmful and objectionable matter," the complaint states.
The law forbids social media companies with more than 50 million monthly users from banning users based on their political views. Republicans have widely accused social media giants of censoring content with an anti-conservative bias, but there is a lack of evidence to back up their claims.
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Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)cstanleytech
(26,277 posts)infringes on the owners rights and second because all it would accomplish would be for them to exclude anyone from living in the state from joining at all and lastly because state of Texas is trying to impose its own laws on companies that are not even in their jurisdiction unless they have a physical presence in the state.
alwaysinasnit
(5,063 posts)Bayard
(22,038 posts)Shipwack
(2,161 posts)cojoel
(957 posts)and the current population is roughly 30 million, there is no way for any social media company could have more than 50 million subscribers that are Texans. It sounds like they have veered pretty far out of their lane.