Two tech groups filed an emergency application to the Supreme Court asking it to block Texas' social media law. tech
if they are blocked from posting or have their posts removed. Civil liberties experts and tech advocates have said it would force companies to let problematic speech such as hate and misinformation stay up on their platforms.
Republicans, including proponent Gov. Greg Abbott , say the law lets users retain freedom of speech amid social media companies' campaign to silence conservative ideas and beliefs.
"For all platforms, the expressive act of policy enforcement is critical to the distinctive experiences that platforms provide their users—and to ensuring that the services remain hospitable and useful services." "Without these policies, platforms would offer fundamentally worse experiences to their users, potentially overrun with spam, vitriol, and graphic content," the filing states, citing slurs, pornography and material harmful to children such as content urging eating disorders.via Axios' Ashley Gold: The groups fighting the 5th Circuit ruling wouldn't have sent it to the Supreme Court if they weren’t confident the justices would vote in their favor.
What will be most important to watch is what unfolds going forward in the upcoming Texas court case over the merits of the law.
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