Current Events > Tech firms ask SCOTUS to block Texas social media law

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https://www.reuters.com/technology/tech-firms-ask-us-supreme-court-block-texas-social-media-law-2022-05-14/

WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - Lobbying groups representing Facebook(FB.O), Twitter(TWTR.N), Google (GOOGL.O) and other tech companies filed an emergency request with the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, seeking to block a Texas law that prohibits large social media platforms from banning users based on their political views.

The Texas law went into effect on Wednesday when the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the state's request for a stay of a district judge's injunction blocking the law.

The law forbids social media companies with more than 50 million active users per month from banning members based on their political views and requires them to publicly disclose how they moderate content...

...Internet lobbying groups NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association filed a lawsuit against the measure, and U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman in Austin, Texas, issued a preliminary injunction in December.

Pitman had found that the law would harm social media companies' free speech rights under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

The tech groups, in their emergency request, asked the Supreme Court to "allow the District Court's careful reasoning to remain in effect while an orderly appellate process plays out."

They're asking the court that is going to strike down Roe v. Wade to weigh in on this?

https://youtu.be/4Ru8DMW-grY

Bullet_Wing posted...

You know those things that block the screen and say "this site/video is not available in your country"? Expect to see those for Texas if this law doesn't get flipped.

I don't think Texas will mind lol. At least Twitter and Spotify will still be available.

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That's what GDPR quickly caused. Job postings for remote work explicitly exclude Colorado for similar reasons.
https://www.denverpost.com/2021/06/26/colorado-remote-work-job-postings-salary-range/

Simple fix. It's called using a VPN.

My friend lives in China and Twitter is banned there but he uses a VPN to access it

I don't think a VPN will protect these companies from being sued.

Go away Smal

What if SCOTUS let's people sue even small sites like Gamefaqs? :O

When 230 goes, CE is gone.