mspohr
Well-Known Member
The Supreme Court (and many others) disagree.Solid Gold from SMR and the NY Post.
![www.theguardian.com](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/49a9a448e8cada1e45db813e8bd99fa34076306d/0_158_4823_2894/master/4823.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctYWdlLTIwMjIucG5n&enable=upscale&s=bcc736edd8689768a6c0581ca97b83a3)
US supreme court blocks Texas law targeting social media rules
Measure passed by Republican-led legislature seeks to bar platforms from removing user posts based on ‘viewpoint’
The US supreme court temporarily blocked a Texas law that would bar social media companies from removing user posts based on their “viewpoint”, as lower courts battle over whether it would violate first amendment rights.
In a 5-4 decision, the justices granted a request from two technology industry groups that have argued the Republican-backed measure would turn platforms into “havens of the vilest expression imaginable”.”.
A wide range of civil rights organizations, including the NAACP, the Chamber of Progress, and ADL, had also urged the supreme court to block the law from going into effect. In a statement, the Chamber of Progress CEO, Adam Kovacevich, said the law would “force social media to host racist, hateful, and extremist posts”.
“Anti-content moderation laws are so actively harmful that our nation’s highest court took an emergency appeal to prevent this law from taking effect,” he said.