Texas on Thursday made it illegal for popular social media platforms to ban users \u00ab\u00a0simply based on their political viewpoints.\u00a0\u00bb<\/b>
\nSeptember 10,2021 Texas on Thursday made it illegal for popular social media platforms to ban users \u00ab\u00a0simply based on their political viewpoints.\u00a0\u00bb Political conservatives have accused Facebook, Twitter and other social media giants of stifling their voices, providing no evidence to support the claims. Social media platforms have consistently defended themselves against such accusations. Former US president Donald Trump was booted from Facebook and Twitter after a group of his supporters attacked the Capitol in January in an attempt to prevent his rightly elected successor from taking office. People died during the attack, and there were concerns Trump would use social media to incite further violence. \u00ab\u00a0Social media websites have become our modern-day public square,\u00a0\u00bb Texas governor Greg Abbott said after signing the bill into law on Thursday. \u00ab\u00a0They are a place for healthy public debate where information should be able to flow freely – but there is a dangerous movement by social media companies to silence conservative viewpoints and ideas.\u00a0\u00bb The law bars social media platforms with more than 50 million users from banning people based on their political viewpoints. The law was expected to run afoul of Constitutional rights of private businesses to decide what is voiced on their platforms. \u00ab\u00a0This bill abandons conservative values, violates the First Amendment, and forces websites to host obscene, antisemitic, racist, hateful, and otherwise awful content,\u00a0\u00bb said Steve DelBianco, president of NetChoice trade association. \u00ab\u00a0Moderation of user posts is crucial to keeping the internet safe for Texas families, but this bill would put the Texas government in charge of content policies.\u00a0\u00bb \u00a9 2021 AFP 18 hours ago 0 Sep 08,2021 0 Sep 08,2021 0 Sep 07,2021 0 Sep 06,2021 0 12 hours ago 14 hours ago 14 hours ago 17 hours ago 18 hours ago 18 hours ago 18 hours ago Sep 02,2021 Jan 09,2021 Feb 02,2021 Jul 01,2021 Oct 15,2019 Jul 03,2021 Aug 30,2021 Aug 30,2021 Aug 26,2021 Aug 24,2021 Aug 20,2021 Aug 18,2021<\/p>\n