Posted on 12/03/2021 3:18:52 PM PST by DFG
Protecting the right of people to be censored? A federal court blocked the Texas HB 20 law against social media censorship based on political view.
Texas House Bill 20 was enacted to stop platforms from censoring content merely for being the wrong political viewpoint, but U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman has put the law on ice for now. “Pitman granted an injunction filed by NetChoice and CCIA [Computer & Communications Industry Association] to put HB 20 on hold until the case is complete,” Reclaim The Net reported. “The judge argues that the law violates the First Amendment rights of social media companies.”
The Verge shared a copy of the order overturning the law where the judge proclaimed: “Social media platforms have a First Amendment right to moderate content disseminated on their platforms.” He held further that, “private companies that use editorial judgment to choose whether to publish content — and, if they do publish content, use editorial judgment to choose what they want to publish — cannot be compelled by the government to publish other content.”
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
https://law.utexas.edu/faculty/robert-lee-pitman/
So according to Judge Pitman, Twitter and Facebook are officially publishers? Doesn't that put the whole ball of wax into the furnace?
Doesn’t that put the whole ball of wax into the furnace?
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It’s the Cheshire cat judicial doctrine.
One way one minute
The exact opposite the next
Depending.
Aka
Rule of man
No rule of law
We are all ready a failed state for all practical purposes.
Welcome to the TalyBiden regime of the Washington District of Cartels.
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