![]() Pretty quickly, a district court judge tossed out the entire law as unconstitutional in a careful, thorough ruling that explained why every bit of the law violated websites’ own 1st Amendment rights to put in place their own editorial policies. As we noted, the bill opens up large websites to a lawsuit over basically every content moderation decision they make (and that’s just one of the problems). As you’ll recall, last summer, in a fit of censorial rage, the Texas legislature passed HB 20, a dangerously unconstitutional bill that would bar social media websites from moderating as they see fit. However, thanks to judge Andy Oldham, internet companies no longer have 1st Amendment rights regarding their editorial decision making. That’s the result of what appears to me to be the single dumbest court ruling I’ve seen in a long, long time, and I know we’ve seen some crazy rulings of late. Fri, Sep 16th 2022 04:43pm - Mike MasnickĪs far as I can tell, in the area the 5th Circuit appeals court has jurisdiction, websites no longer have any 1st Amendment editorial rights.
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