Because the 5th Circuit ruling conflicts with part of a ruling by the 11th Circuit, the aggrieved parties have a stronger case for petitioning the Supreme Court to hear the matter of whether tech companies may 'censor' certain posts.
Justin Sullivan / Getty Images fileA federal appeals court Friday upheld a Texas law that bars large social media companies from banning or censoring users based on “viewpoint,” a setback for technology industry groups that have argued that the Republican-backed measure would turn platforms into bastions of dangerous content.
The tech groups on the losing end of Friday’s ruling include NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association, which count Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as members.to regulate user content when they believe it may lead to violence. They have cited concerns that unregulated platforms will enable extremists such Nazi supporters, terrorists and hostile foreign governments.
The Texas law, known as HB20, forbids social media companies with at least 50 million monthly active users from acting to “censor” users based on “viewpoint,” and allows either users or the Texas attorney general to sue to enforce it.Eric Thayer / Bloomberg via Getty Images
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