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1 Should States Take On Social Media Censorship? It’s Unclear
- Author: governing.com
- Published: 10/14/2021
- Review: 4.93 (610 vote)
- Summary: · The Supreme Court struck down one portion of the act for attempting to criminalize the transmission of “obscene or indecent” materials online to
- Source: https://www.governing.com/now/should-states-take-on-social-media-censorship-its-unclear
2 Supreme Court blocks Texas law on social media ‘censorship’
- Author: politico.com
- Published: 07/03/2022
- Review: 4.76 (485 vote)
- Summary: · The Supreme Court has suspended a Texas law banning online platforms from restricting user posts based on their political views,
- Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/31/texas-social-media-censorship-scotus-00036146
3 Social Media Censorship and the Law – FindLaw
- Author: findlaw.com
- Published: 02/03/2022
- Review: 4.55 (435 vote)
- Summary: · The free speech provisions of the First Amendment prevent federal, state, and local governments from blatant internet censorship, which includes
- Source: https://www.findlaw.com/civilrights/enforcing-your-civil-rights/social-media-censorship-and-the-law.html
4 Supreme Court Blocks Texas From Enforcing Social Media … – Forbes
- Author: forbes.com
- Published: 11/25/2021
- Review: 4.2 (368 vote)
- Summary: · The Texas law was passed in 2021, spurred by complaints that platforms like Twitter and Facebook were censoring conservatives. The supposed
- Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharysmith/2022/05/31/supreme-court-blocks-texas-from-enforcing-social-media-censorship-law/
5 Federal judge blocks Texas social media “censorship” law
- Author: texastribune.org
- Published: 04/18/2022
- Review: 4.01 (372 vote)
- Summary: · The law, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott on Sept. 9, would ban platforms with more than 50 million monthly users in the U.S. from removing a user
- Source: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/01/texas-social-media-law-blocked/
6 Supreme Court blocks Texas law on social media censorship
- Author: apnews.com
- Published: 12/28/2021
- Review: 3.82 (408 vote)
- Summary: · WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court has blocked a Texas law, championed by conservatives, that aimed to keep social media platforms
- Source: https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-technology-texas-amy-coney-barrett-da10a0389ea3a89e507e8ddf969bff6a
7 Opinion: Texas’ new social media law affects all of us | CNN Business
- Author: cnn.com
- Published: 10/25/2021
- Review: 3.72 (484 vote)
- Summary: · The state law, referred to as HB 20, makes it illegal for large social networks like Facebook and Twitter to “block, ban, remove, de-platform,
- Source: https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/25/perspectives/texas-social-media-censorship-law/index.html
8 Supreme Court Blocks Texas Social Media Censorship Law
- Author: nationalreview.com
- Published: 09/26/2021
- Review: 3.5 (504 vote)
- Summary: · The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to block Texas’s social-media censorship law that prohibits tech titans from de-platforming users over political
- Source: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/supreme-court-blocks-texas-social-media-censorship-law/
9 Federal judge blocks the Florida social media “censorship” law … – Vox
- Author: vox.com
- Published: 02/18/2022
- Review: 3.31 (600 vote)
- Summary: · The Stop Social Media Censorship Act easily passed Florida’s Republican-majority House and Senate. DeSantis signed it into law in May 2021, a
- Source: https://www.vox.com/recode/2021/7/1/22558980/florida-social-media-law-injunction-desantis
10 Sorry, Texas: Supreme Court blocks law banning “censorship” on
- Author: arstechnica.com
- Published: 10/07/2021
- Review: 3.14 (452 vote)
- Summary: · The US Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked the Texas law that prohibits social media companies from moderating content based on a user’s
- Source: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/05/sorry-texas-supreme-court-blocks-law-banning-censorship-on-social-media/
11 Texas’ new social media law is blocked for now, but that’s not the
- Author: brookings.edu
- Published: 11/26/2021
- Review: 2.98 (147 vote)
- Summary: · On December 1, a federal judge in Texas issued a ruling blocking the state from enforcing its new social media law
- Source: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/12/14/texas-new-social-media-law-is-blocked-for-now-but-thats-not-the-end-of-the-story/
12 US Supreme Court blocks Texas social media ‘censorship’ law
- Author: ft.com
- Published: 01/25/2022
- Review: 2.75 (189 vote)
- Summary: · In an order on Tuesday, the Supreme Court froze the so-called censorship law in Texas, known as HB20, which sought to ban Big Tech platforms
- Source: https://www.ft.com/content/52d36815-f1f7-4e61-9e0c-7251fe3a7589
13 Free Expression on Social Media | Freedom Forum Institute
- Author: freedomforuminstitute.org
- Published: 01/19/2022
- Review: 2.73 (63 vote)
- Summary: The First Amendment protects individuals from government censorship. Social media platforms are private companies, and can censor what people post on their
- Source: https://www.freedomforuminstitute.org/first-amendment-center/primers/free-expression-on-social-media/
14 Tech group ask Supreme Court to freeze Texas social media law
- Author: npr.org
- Published: 10/17/2021
- Review: 2.56 (52 vote)
- Summary: · The Texas law takes aim squarely at those content moderation practices. It allows social media users to sue major social platforms like Facebook
- Source: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/19/1099870039/supreme-court-social-media-law-texas
15 Proposed legislation would prohibit social media censorship
- Author: wpr.org
- Published: 05/09/2022
- Review: 2.43 (198 vote)
- Summary: · At the heart of all this legislation is Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects internet companies by not holding them
- Source: https://www.wpr.org/proposed-legislation-would-prohibit-social-media-censorship
16 Social Media Censorship Law Is Still a Threat, Despite High Court’s
- Author: cnet.com
- Published: 08/18/2021
- Review: 2.33 (156 vote)
- Summary: · Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields social media companies from lawsuits over content their users post, as well as liability
- Source: https://www.cnet.com/news/social-media-censorship-law-still-a-threat/
17 Texas’ controversial social media censorship law awaits fate with US
- Author: abc13.com
- Published: 02/25/2022
- Review: 2.32 (147 vote)
- Summary: · That’s what produces this.” The 11th Circuit Court ruled Monday that social media platforms are considered private entities, which means their
- Source: https://abc13.com/hb-20-censorship-law-social-media/11889593/
18 Supreme Court Blocks Texas’ Social Media Censorship Law
- Author: govtech.com
- Published: 04/27/2022
- Review: 2.18 (53 vote)
- Summary: · The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday blocked a Texas law that would open large social media companies to the risk of lawsuits for moderating
- Source: https://www.govtech.com/policy/supreme-court-blocks-texas-social-media-censorship-law
19 Court Enjoins Texas Social Media “Censorship” Law | Insights
- Author: velaw.com
- Published: 12/06/2021
- Review: 2.15 (116 vote)
- Summary: NetChoice v. Paxton. HB 20 prohibits large social media platforms from “censoring” content based on “viewpoint.” By enacting HB 20, Texas legislators sought to
- Source: https://www.velaw.com/insights/court-enjoins-texas-social-media-censorship-law/
