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Texas Opens Investigation into Conspiracy to Boycott Certain Social Platforms

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Re: Texas Opens Investigation into Conspiracy to Boycott Certain Social Platforms

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Post by Terr_ »

vorpalhex wrote: post #25
solid_fuel wrote: post #9

This is a pretty scary threat to free speech. There also appears to be a blatant conflict of interest here, considering the owner of the "certain social platform" in question hasn't left the side of the president-elect in weeks and the Attorney General of Texas is directly aligned with the same two oligarchs - Musk and Trump. How is this anything other than using the power of the Texas State Government to run an exto…

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> What is illegal is for all the companies to get together and make a binding rule saying nobody can buy ads from someone. That is conspiracy.

IANAL, but that seems... incomplete. Conspiracy to what? A conspiracy-to-X involves an agreement between parties to commit an underlying act X that is itself already unlawful. The idea being that mutual agreements are enough to show you "started" to do X, instead of merely just thinking about it.

So the X here would have to be something else that's illegal on its own, or else the charge would be its own kind of thing like "anti-competitive practices."

Re: Texas Opens Investigation into Conspiracy to Boycott Certain Social Platforms

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Post by emilamlom »

vorpalhex wrote: post #25
solid_fuel wrote: post #9

This is a pretty scary threat to free speech. There also appears to be a blatant conflict of interest here, considering the owner of the "certain social platform" in question hasn't left the side of the president-elect in weeks and the Attorney General of Texas is directly aligned with the same two oligarchs - Musk and Trump. How is this anything other than using the power of the Texas State Government to run an exto…

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Every source I've seen has explicitly stated that GARM was voluntary, not required of members.

Re: Texas Opens Investigation into Conspiracy to Boycott Certain Social Platforms

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Post by jfengel »

Alupis wrote: post #20
add-sub-mul-div wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you not understand that the volume and frivolity of these lawsuits are the point being made, or are you pretending not to?

Maybe click the link and see for yourself. The point is invalid... as you will see.

The headline of the article states that it was considerably less under Obama and Bush. It's not an "every administration" thing.

Re: Texas Opens Investigation into Conspiracy to Boycott Certain Social Platforms

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Post by jfengel »

josefritzishere wrote: post #26

Do we know if Ken Paxton is really an attorney? Can we check?

Yes, he is. He has a law degree and passed the bar.

Attorneys general are not always required to be attorneys. The US AG is not, though many states do have requirements. (I don't believe Texas does.)

An Attorney General is the manager of a department. The actual lawsuits are filed by employees on their behalf. (Plaintiffs generally do not represent themselves, even if they are themselves attorneys.)

Re: Texas Opens Investigation into Conspiracy to Boycott Certain Social Platforms

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Post by montagg »

BLKNSLVR wrote: post #21
solid_fuel wrote: post #9

This is a pretty scary threat to free speech. There also appears to be a blatant conflict of interest here, considering the owner of the "certain social platform" in question hasn't left the side of the president-elect in weeks and the Attorney General of Texas is directly aligned with the same two oligarchs - Musk and Trump. How is this anything other than using the power of the Texas State Government to run an exto…

That should be allowed.

Freedom isn't free. It costs lawyer fees at least.

Re: Texas Opens Investigation into Conspiracy to Boycott Certain Social Platforms

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Post by vorpalhex »

emilamlom wrote: post #32
vorpalhex wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Every source I've seen has explicitly stated that GARM was voluntary, not required of members.

GARM has never had a single defector.

It is also run by a WFA board member.

Re: Texas Opens Investigation into Conspiracy to Boycott Certain Social Platforms

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Post by drivingmenuts »

add-sub-mul-div wrote: post #10
dboreham wrote: post #4

Is this a weird Texas thing? Like how they sued Oprah for saying she wouldn't eat beef?

> AG Ken Paxton files 100th lawsuit against Biden administration https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/11/12/ag-ken-p... Yeah, it's theater and not to be taken seriously.

Can Paxton be countersued for violating the 1st Amendment (Association)? Preferably in a way that is not just theatre?

Re: Texas Opens Investigation into Conspiracy to Boycott Certain Social Platforms

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Post by Alupis »

jfengel wrote: post #33
Alupis wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe click the link and see for yourself. The point is invalid... as you will see.

The headline of the article states that it was considerably less under Obama and Bush. It's not an "every administration" thing.

I'm curious how you get "not an every administration thing" out of the headline:

> State attorneys general have sued Trump's administration 138 times — nearly double those of Obama and Bush

And sub-heading:

> It's routine for attorneys general to sue the federal government, but experts say the sharp rise signifies the growing partisan and legal divide with Washington.

Re: Texas Opens Investigation into Conspiracy to Boycott Certain Social Platforms

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Post by Terr_ »

vorpalhex wrote: post #37
emilamlom wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Every source I've seen has explicitly stated that GARM was voluntary, not required of members.

GARM has never had a single defector. It is also run by a WFA board member.

> GARM has never had a single defector.

Nonsense: Twitter/X was itself one of those members, for starters.

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