Are you a Klan cell trying to radicalize 40-something white men in Texas via social media? Well, today’s your lucky day, Klokards!
The Texas law, known as HB 20, allows private parties to sue tech platforms over allegations of censorship. The decision is a blow to tech platforms that had challenged the law as unconstitutional under the First Amendment…The decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit raises questions about whether it could be appealed to the Supreme Court.
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If the 5th Circuit has its way, social media companies will be compelled to disseminate hateful speech from Neo-Nazis and the KKK, as well as medical misinformation and foreign disinformation, because they will no longer have a First Amendment right to editorial discretion.
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) May 11, 2022
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If you were in the mood to hear more about whatever today’s version of the horse paste to fight disease conspiracy is or Uncle Jimmy’s theory on how the Jews are controlling toilet paper prices, rejoice. For everyone else, I’m pretty sure this is the shared sentiment:
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Federal Appeals Court Restores Texas’s Social Media Censorship Law [CNN]
Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.