Texas appeals court reinstates law prohibiting social media companies from banning users over political views

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel did not explain its reasoning for granting the state's request for a stay of a December order from a federal judge. The order also did not evaluate the law on its constitutionality. It merely allows the law to go back into effect while the case continues in the lower district court.

In this photo illustration the logo of US online social media and social networking service Facebook , the US instant messaging software Whatsapp's logo and the US social network Instagram's logo are displayed on a smartphone screen on Oct The law, known as HB 20, requires social media platforms with more than 50 million monthly users to publicly disclose information about content removal and account suspensions.

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Texas law prohibiting social media companies from banning users over their viewpoints reinstated by appeals courtThe court did not evaluate the law on its constitutionality but will allow it to go back into effect while a legal case plays out. Texas lawmakers passed the law, saying social media platforms have an anti-conservative bias. Okay but if your political viewpoints are just hate speech then...? So Twitter just blocks all ISP's from access iy is Texas and they don't want people coming in
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