A federal circuit court blocked a Texas law from going into effect that would have banned social media companies from blocking offensive content on their platforms, a law conservatives say would stop oppressive Big Tech from canceling them and “censoring” their views, Politico reports.
The Fifth Circuit Court ruled that the Texas law, known as HB 10, would cause irreparable harm to the plaintiffs, tech trade groups NetChoice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association, who filed the suit against the Texas Attorney General on behalf of their members.
The Texas law would remove legal protections for platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram allowing them to not carry material the companies deem harmful, disturbing, or other offensive or dangerous. Whiny conservatives feel that social media companies wield too much power by making sure users adhere to the terms of service they agree to.