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Texas has declared open season on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube with censorship law

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/13/tech/texas-hb20-social-media-law/index.html

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Texas’s law makes it illegal for any social media platform with 50 million or more US monthly users to "block, ban, remove, deplatform, demonetize, de-boost, restrict, deny equal access or visibility to, or otherwise discriminate against expression.”

As usual, a GOP law just filled with vague terms without concrete meaning.

Although, since it includes 'discriminate against expression' I guess that does mean no more moderation.

That will improve things on social media.

20 minutes ago, Toastrel said:

Texas has declared open season on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube with censorship law

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/13/tech/texas-hb20-social-media-law/index.html

As usual, a GOP law just filled with vague terms without concrete meaning.

Although, since it includes 'discriminate against expression' I guess that does mean no more moderation.

That will improve things on social media.

Republicans should be by any minute to compare this to 1984...any minute...

So a law saying corporations can’t censor is the censorship you’re worried about? Yeah, that’s far worse than the federal government working directly with corporations to censor.

15 minutes ago, The_Omega said:

So a law saying corporations can’t censor is the censorship you’re worried about? Yeah, that’s far worse than the federal government working directly with corporations to censor.

Kind of like saying "can't deny service" unless there is a clear reason

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You want to ban users who make violent threats?

 

Nope, can't do that. Big Brother says 'no'

28 minutes ago, The_Omega said:

So a law saying corporations can’t censor is the censorship you’re worried about? Yeah, that’s far worse than the federal government working directly with corporations to censor.

:roll: 

Best toaster thread ever?

12 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Kind of like saying "can't deny service" unless there is a clear reason

I've looked, and I can't find one definition of censorship that includes not allowing people to censor. Maybe you can?

Please rename thread "Alzheimer's? Here is an actual case."

So I guess, child molestation and how to make a bomb, are above deletion in Texas. 

 

About that letter labeling parents domestic terrorists. This is actual government censorship, even worse, but of course the Joemo’s will focus on nonsense deflections. The NSBA coordinated the letter with the White House, who discussed its contents with the DOJ more than a week before it was sent to Garland, who promptly acted on it.

https://nsba.org/-/media/Files/NSBA-Report.pdf?la=en&hash=A001354D23C9AE88B54D398270C9790D91B01FF9

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