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Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/5\/13\/23072310\/netchoice-texas-social-media-law-supreme-court-appeal<\/a>
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Tech industry trade organizations NetChoice and the Computer Communications Industry Association have appealed directly to the Supreme Court for an emergency stay of the Texas social media law known as HB 20. The law, which creates liability for content moderation decisions that are based on \u201cthe viewpoint of the user or another person,\u201d could make it impossible to enforce bans on hate speech \u2014 or to even moderate platforms at all. HB 20 was successfully blocked in court<\/a> late last year, and then unblocked by an appeals court on Wednesday<\/a> without explanation. <\/p>\n

\u201cTexas HB 20 strips private online businesses of their speech rights, forbids them from making constitutionally protected editorial decisions, and forces them to publish and promote objectionable content,\u201d said NetChoice counsel Chris Marchese in a press release<\/a>. \u201cThe First Amendment prohibits Texas from forcing online platforms to host and promote foreign propaganda, pornography, pro-Nazi speech, and spam.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the appeals hearing preceding the court\u2019s decision to unblock HB 20, the three-judge panel on the Fifth Circuit appeared to be confused<\/a> about many of the basic terms being used \u2014 one judge seemed to think that Twitter was not a website<\/a>, and another seemed to think there was no difference between a phone company like Verizon and a social media company like Twitter or Facebook. <\/p>\n