Abbott signed a bill stopping tech companies deplatforming people based on users' politics

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday signed a bill aimed at stopping social-media companies such as Facebook and Twitter from censoring users based on their politics.

The bill, called HB20, bans social-media companies with more than 50 million monthly active users from censoring people because of "the viewpoint of the user or another person."

The bill allows private citizens and the Texas attorney general to sue tech companies who they believe have unfairly kicked someone off a platform. Abbott is among some Republicans who claim Big Tech companies unfairly target conservatives with their moderation rules.

"There is a dangerous movement by some social media companies to silence conservative ideas and values," Abbott said in a video posted on Twitter.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-gov-greg-abbott-signed-101945165.html

[John Ludi]

1. Ha! Good luck with that.

[Champp]

2. Whiney Republicans think rules shouldn't apply to them

They really do think they are special--special arrogant, lying, grifty a-holes is how special they are. Sit down and shut up, Abbott, your whining is pathetic.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. People are not being banned for their 'politics' they're being banned for spreading dangerous lies

There's a difference.

It just so happens that people on the Radical Right both LIE, and believe LIES, and love to spread LIES all over the internet ... with considerably more regularity than anyone else.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Does it cover being banned for being a lying, violence inciting asshole?

Asking for a friend.

[C_U_L8R]

5. That's not how any of this works

Abbott is making a complete clown of himself and Texas.

[GoCubsGo]

6. How's that going to work, Kenny Boy?

Most, if not all of the social media companies are based in California, so they don't have to answer to you. What are you going to do? Cut off your state from the Internet, the way you did the electrical grid?

[hibbing]

8. Good one n/t

[Baked Potato]

7. They want social media "wars" in order to divide and conquer. Nt

[msongs]

9. interstate commerce is regulated by the federal government nt

[msongs]

10. ironically he will likely post this on twitter, disproving his basic claim lol nt

[yonder]

11. Poor, pathetic, persecuted pukes.

[RKP5637]

12. More and more wacky all the time!!! What a F'en loser! n/t

[PortTack]

13. Gqp manta...no interference with business ...oh wait, unless they don't like it

This is just silly

[crickets]

14. +1

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. Another lawsuit for Ken Paxton to lose

[SeattleVet]

16. Handily crafted to apply to 'liberal' outlets with a LOT of users...

and not the generally much smaller, more reactionary reich-wing outlets.

I can't imagine, for example, a place like FR surviving if they had to allow reasoned discussion or any debunking of the conspiracy crap they allow. Nope - just make one post that lads them to think that you might not be conservative enough for them and you're immediately deplatformed by RimJob or one of his admin toadies/minions and told to 'go back to DU' (ask me how I know!).