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Texas passes social media 'de-platforming' law

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Re: Texas passes social media 'de-platforming' law

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We'll see if it helps stop the blatant partisanship or not.

Almost no chance of that. This will very likely be overturned on 1A grounds.

AFAICT Republicans who tend to call for mandated content neutrality (protecting users by their political ideas) are ignoring the fact that there are multiple dimensions of TOS violations. If FB, Twitter, et al banned a famous person allegedly because they are a Republican, does this law also prevent the same platform from banning the same user for their calls for violence?

I’ve worked at a large social media company (one most people would not recognize). The loud users that get banned almost always play up the “I didn’t do anything wrong” card but the moderation department has the evidence that they very blatantly did violate the objective standards of the site. The problem is that the public doesn’t see the evidence that the moderation department does, so they are outraged after only looking at half of a ledger.

Re: Texas passes social media 'de-platforming' law

#12

We'll see if it helps stop the blatant partisanship or not.

Almost no chance of that. This will very likely be overturned on 1A grounds. AFAICT Republicans who tend to call for mandated content neutrality (protecting users by their political ideas) are ignoring the fact that there are multiple dimensions of TOS violations. If FB, Twitter, et al banned a famous person allegedly because they are a Republican, does this law also prevent the same platform from banning the same us…

> This will very likely be overturned on 1A grounds.

On the other hand, freedom of association didn't stop the civil rights act.

But freedom of association is less clearly defined in the constitution. Maybe a better example are the many regulations on commercial speech that exist despite the 1st amendment.

Re: Texas passes social media 'de-platforming' law

#13
It seems like Texas, as a whole, has decided to commit economic and political suicide. From the self inflicted failures of the power and gas infrastructure last winter, to the latest assault on women, this law could potentially have all social media ban Texas residents.

Re: Texas passes social media 'de-platforming' law

#14
post #5

Am I missing something, or is this a clear cut reversal the first time this law finds itself in front of the Supreme Court?

All these new Texas laws will be ruled against, likely before the Supreme Court. It’s all for naught and likely going to cost Abbott his job. We’ll see how strong the Texas conservatives are but I think these laws have them divided. They were insanely unified during Trump’s era and that’s how we got here.

Re: Texas passes social media 'de-platforming' law

#16

It seems like Texas, as a whole, has decided to commit economic and political suicide. From the self inflicted failures of the power and gas infrastructure last winter, to the latest assault on women, this law could potentially have all social media ban Texas residents.

> potentially have all social media ban Texas residents

The productivity gains from this action would far outweigh any economic loss.

Re: Texas passes social media 'de-platforming' law

#17

We'll see if it helps stop the blatant partisanship or not.

Almost no chance of that. This will very likely be overturned on 1A grounds. AFAICT Republicans who tend to call for mandated content neutrality (protecting users by their political ideas) are ignoring the fact that there are multiple dimensions of TOS violations. If FB, Twitter, et al banned a famous person allegedly because they are a Republican, does this law also prevent the same platform from banning the same us…

> If FB, Twitter, et al banned a famous person allegedly because they are a Republican, does this law also prevent the same platform from banning the same user for their calls for violence?

Let the judge decide... A company of that size should be stripped of that power

Re: Texas passes social media 'de-platforming' law

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post #2

Texas laws are either very strange, or badly communicated or possibly both. Somehow I "get" what they might be trying to do, but the first Satanist refused writing on a Christian ethics forum is hours away...

There's a 50 million active user in the US requirement. It's pretty much only for the big platforms.

Re: Texas passes social media 'de-platforming' law

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post #5

Am I missing something, or is this a clear cut reversal the first time this law finds itself in front of the Supreme Court?

All these new Texas laws will be ruled against, likely before the Supreme Court. It’s all for naught and likely going to cost Abbott his job. We’ll see how strong the Texas conservatives are but I think these laws have them divided. They were insanely unified during Trump’s era and that’s how we got here.

It probably helps him keep his job. At the moment Abbott doesn't really have an Democrat opponent. His biggest concerns are being primaried by more Trumpian politicians.

Re: Texas passes social media 'de-platforming' law

#20

It seems like Texas, as a whole, has decided to commit economic and political suicide. From the self inflicted failures of the power and gas infrastructure last winter, to the latest assault on women, this law could potentially have all social media ban Texas residents.

And yet: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/economy/2021/08/24/texas...

(Granted, that is from prior to these most recent fiascos.)

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