Big Tech’s ability to control online speech.

Big Tech’s ability to control online speech is reject by a US appeals court.

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The Computer & Communications Industry Association and NetChoice, both of which are members of Meta Platforms’ Facebook, Twitter, and Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube, were among the tech organizations who contested the rule and were unsuccessful in their efforts following Friday’s decision. Big Tech’s ability to control online speech is rejected by a US appeals court.

A US appeals court upheld a Texas law on Friday prohibiting major social media sites from barring or filtering users based on “viewpoint,” which was a blow for industry groups in the technology sector who claimed the rule would turn platforms into havens for harmful content.

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The US Supreme Court may decide on the statute, which conservatives and right-wing commentators have stated is necessary to prevent “Big Tech” from stifling their views, as a result of the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals’ 3-0 decision. Judge Andrew Oldham, a Trump appointee, stated in the decision, “Today we reject the notion that companies have an unconstrained First Amendment right to regulate what people say.”

The Republican-controlled Texas legislature enacted the bill, and the Republican governor of the state signed it. The Computer & Communications Industry Association, which includes Meta Platforms’ Facebook, Twitter, and Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube as members, and NetChoice are two tech organizations who contested the law and were unsuccessful in their efforts following Friday’s decision.

They have fought to protect their ability to control user content when they think it might incite violence, claiming worries that unchecked platforms might assist extremists like terrorists, Nazi sympathizers, and hostile foreign governments.

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The group stated on Friday that it opposed requiring private businesses to serve all opinions equally. “God Bless America” and “Death to America” are both perspectives, and forcing a private company to treat them equally by the state of Texas is both foolish and unlawful, it claimed in a statement.

Conservatives have criticized the social media companies’ tactics as abusive, citing Twitter’s decision to permanently ban Trump from the service soon after his supporters attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. 

Source: gadgetsnow

 

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