Federal judge blocks a Texas law that limits large social media platforms' ability to moderate content, saying it violates the platforms' First Amendment rights
‘Social media platforms have a First Amendment right to moderate,’ wrote the judge — A federal judge has blocked a Texas law …
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Discussion
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@reckless
Nilay Patel
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Ahem: “Social media platforms have a First Amendment right to moderate content” https://www.theverge.com/...
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@reckless
Nilay Patel
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Every attempt to legislate moderation standards for social platforms thus far has been a government speech regulation, and they have all crashed into the First Amendment in the courts. Lawmakers know this! They just hope you don't
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@mmasnick
Mike Masnick
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The 1st Amendment wins again. https://twitter.com/...
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@mschruers
Matt Schruers
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@ccianet If there was any doubt, the State of Texas was explicit that it wants to second-guess a private American company's editorial policy of “thanks, but no Nazis.” For those keeping score, States are now 0-2 at legislating more Nazis into your social feed. https://twitter.com…
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@vickerysec
Chris Vickery
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Ironically, both sides are wrong on this one. The Texas Senate *and* the federal judge have managed to mangle nearly everything possible n this controversy. I'm not certain how either side could misunderstand the issue this badly unless doing so intentionally. https://twitter.com…
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@ericgoldman
Eric Goldman
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Favorite lines (2/2): “HB 20 prohibits virtually all content moderation, the very tool that social medial platforms employ to make their platforms safe, useful, & enjoyable for users” 💥💥
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@ericgoldman
Eric Goldman
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My favorite lines (1/2): “social media platforms...curate both users & content to convey a message about the type of community the platform seeks to foster &, as such, exercise editorial discretion over their platform's content” 💥
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@davidgreene
David Greene
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I cannot tell you how refreshing it is to see a court acknowledge this reality, even if I have lots of complaints about that reality: https://twitter.com/...