A Texas law prohibiting large social media companies from removing political speech became the first of its kind to take effect on Wednesday, posing complicated questions for major web platforms about how to comply with the rules. The law, which applies to social media platforms in the United States with […]
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Tech groups ask Supreme Court to throw out Texas social media law
Placeholder while article actions load Two Washington-based groups representing Google, Facebook and other tech giants filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court on Friday, seeking to block a Texas law that bars social media companies from removing posts based on a user’s political ideology. The Texas law took effect […]
EXPLAINER: Social media and the Texas shooter’s messages
Could technology companies have monitored ominous messages made by a gunman who Texas authorities say massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school? Could they have warned the authorities? Answers to these questions remain unclear, in part because official descriptions of the shooting and the gunman’s social media […]
Tech group ask Supreme Court to freeze Texas social media law : NPR
An industry group representing major tech companies, including Google, Facebook and Twitter, is asking the Supreme Court to stop a Texas social media law from going into effect. DENIS CHARLET/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption DENIS CHARLET/AFP via Getty Images An industry group representing major tech companies, including […]
Texas attorney general Ken Paxton tells the Supreme Court state social media law should stand
Placeholder while article actions load Texas on Wednesday filed a petition calling on the Supreme Court to reject an emergency application seeking to block a state law regulating content moderation decisions at large social media companies. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued that the state law, which bars platforms from […]