U.S. appeals court rejects big tech's right regulate online speech (Texas)

[applegrove]

U.S. appeals court rejects big tech's right regulate online speech

By Daniel Trotta

https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-appeals-court-rules-against-big-techs-ability-regulate-online-speech-2022-09-16/?utm_source=reddit.com


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(The tech groups that challenged the law and were on the losing end of Friday's ruling):

They have sought to preserve rights to regulate user content when they believe it may lead to violence, citing concerns that unregulated platforms will enable extremists such as Nazi supporters, terrorists and hostile foreign governments.

The association on Friday said it disagreed with forcing private companies to give equal treatment to all viewpoints. "'God Bless America' and 'Death to America' are both viewpoints, and it is unwise and unconstitutional for the state of Texas to compel a private business to treat those the same," it said in a statement.

Some conservatives have labeled the social media companies' practices abusive, pointing to Twitter's permanent suspension of Trump from the platform shortly after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of his supporters. Twitter had cited "the risk of further incitement of violence" as a reason.

The Texas law forbids social media companies with at least 50 million monthly active users from acting to "censor" users based on "viewpoint," and allows either users or the Texas attorney general to sue to enforce the law.

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[belpejic]

1. This is so idiotic

Wait for all of the porn to show up.

If I were the social media companies I would just ban every identifiable IP address from Texas, maybe even make every user certify that they are not a Texas resident because they if they are they potentially violate the companies' user agreements. Kind of like alcohol websites making every user certify that they are 21 or older. F^^k Abbott, Paxton and the rest of those clowns. Don't like it? Take it up in the Ninth Circuit.

[Frasier Balzov]

3. That's a great idea. Perfectly consistent with interstate conflict of laws.

Just like wine makers can't sell directly to residents of certain states.

[wnylib]

2. Paving the way to get Trump back on Twitter?