“The conservative United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit handed down a brief, unexplained order Wednesday evening that will throw the entire social media industry into turmoil if the Texas law at issue in this case is allowed to remain in effect.”
“The Texas law prohibits a social media platform that functionally has more than 50 million active users in the United States in a calendar month” from banning a user — or even from regulating or restricting a user’s content or altering the algorithms that surface content to other users — because of that user’s viewpoint.”
“The law applies broadly, moreover, to all forms of viewpoint discrimination, regardless of whether that viewpoint is political.”
“The law permits any user who believes that a social media platform has violated the Texas law, as well as the state’s attorney general, to sue that platform in order to force compliance. A victorious plaintiff is entitled to an injunction requiring the platform to comply with the state law, as well as attorney’s fees.”
https://www.vox.com/2022/5/12/23068...book-youtube-instagram-netchoice-paxton-texas
https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/11/...fifth-circuit-appeals-court-grant-stay-ruling
Texas
Unfortunately, only the Supreme Court can reverse the absurdity
“The Texas law prohibits a social media platform that functionally has more than 50 million active users in the United States in a calendar month” from banning a user — or even from regulating or restricting a user’s content or altering the algorithms that surface content to other users — because of that user’s viewpoint.”
“The law applies broadly, moreover, to all forms of viewpoint discrimination, regardless of whether that viewpoint is political.”
“The law permits any user who believes that a social media platform has violated the Texas law, as well as the state’s attorney general, to sue that platform in order to force compliance. A victorious plaintiff is entitled to an injunction requiring the platform to comply with the state law, as well as attorney’s fees.”
https://www.vox.com/2022/5/12/23068...book-youtube-instagram-netchoice-paxton-texas
https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/11/...fifth-circuit-appeals-court-grant-stay-ruling
Texas
Unfortunately, only the Supreme Court can reverse the absurdity


