Texans Can Again Sue Social Media Companies if Their Account Gets Banned

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The law had been under temporary injunction after social media companies sued back in 2021.

or the Freedom From Censorship Act, ostensibly gives users the right to sue large social media companies for locking their accounts or otherwise barring their posted content, even if that content defies the platform’s user agreement. The Texas law applies to any users within Texas, as well as any business that operates in Texas. It also applies to any user who “shares or receives content on a social media platform in this state,” which could potentially apply to a broad range of users.

H.B. 20 defines any website or app “that is open to the public, allows a user to create an account, and enables users to communicate with other users for the primary purpose of posting information, comments, messages, or images,” as one of these examples of social media that are applicable under the law.

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Any lawyer asshole and stupid enough to take on such clients deserves to be disbarred. I don’t like social media algorithms, but they are private organizations and can do what they like if I like it or not.

Lol what? So in Texas you’re entitled to just use any platform you like, regardless of whether or not you abide by their rules? 🤦‍♂️

So can publishers sue when their books get banned and taken off shelves? GOP says they are against censorship but yet their behavior says otherwise.

I seriously cannot wait until the first time Musk gets miffed and bans someone from his PRIVATE company. He will howl from the rooftops— “it’s mine! You can’t tell me what to do!” You don’t think so? Just wait.

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