Tech firms ask U.S. Supreme Court to block Texas social media law

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Tech industry groups ask Supreme Court to block Texas social media law. Law lets users sue Facebook, Twitter and other large social media companies if they are blocked. Law applies only to sites with at least 50 million users a month. A federal appeals court allowed the Texas law to take effect.

1 month ago·Austin, United States

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Reuters

Tech firms ask U.S. Supreme Court to block Texas social media law

Lobbying groups representing Facebook, Twitter, Google and other tech companies filed an emergency request with the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, seeking to block a Texas law that prohibits large social media platforms from banning users based on their political views.

1 month ago·United Kingdom

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News18 India

Tech Giants Ask US Supreme Court to Block Texas' New Social Media Law

The law forbids social media companies with more than 50 million active users per month from banning members based on their political views.

1 month ago·India

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CNN

Tech groups ask Supreme Court to put Texas social media censorship law on hold

Two prominent lobbying groups representing the tech industry's biggest companies are asking the US Supreme Court to step in and block a Texas law that lets the state's residents sue large social media platforms for alleged censorship, two days after a federal appeals court allowed the law to take effect.

1 month ago·Atlanta, United States

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The Washington Post

Tech groups ask Supreme Court to block Texas social media law

NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association filed an emergency request for a stay, seeking to overturn an appeals court ruling that allowed Texas's social media law to take effect.

1 month ago·Washington, United States

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Channel News Asia

Tech firms ask US Supreme Court to block Texas social media law

WASHINGTON : Lobbying groups representing Facebook, Twitter, Google and other tech companies filed an emergency request with the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, seeking to block a Texas law that prohibits large social media platforms from banning users based on their political views.The Texas law went into

1 month ago·Singapore

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The Japan Times

Social media sites warn U.S. Supreme Court over Texas social media law

Twitter and Facebook will be compelled to allow the dissemination of Russian propaganda and neo-Nazi screeds under the proposed law, tech groups told the court.

1 month ago·Japan

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