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So I Guess 'Small Government' Now Includes Compelling Corporate Speech?

I can't believe they suspended me! All I said was literally the most hateful thing I could think of about Mexicans!

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twitter-gfdd804df4_1920Are 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.
This should be a win for everyone, right? Free speech and all — let people say whatever they want! Except for one little thing… these platforms are “people,” too:

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 cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and by tweet at @WritesForRent.

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