#Texas Law bans censorship.
Social Media companies fight back calling Texas bans on censorship a "violation of 1st Amendment Rights".
(almost sounds like an Onion article 😆)
#News #Tech #SocialMedia #Facebook #Twitter #Youtube #Speech #TheOnion
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/technology/texas-social-media-politics-censorship.html
@RTP It does sound like an Onion title but I'm thinking the law is probably on the side of companies, and I'm not sure that's a bad thing. The 1st amendment protects us from the government not from each other. I certainly wouldn't want to be forced to support a view with which I disagree. Reading more about it this just sounds like TX conservatives using public resources to poke liberals in the eye and get people riled up.
@RTP I agree that there are issues with censorship, didn't mean to imply otherwise. From what I'm seeing Facebook is now banning references to mastodon which is patently absurd. Copystriking too... it's at the point where an accusation of infringement is equivalent to proof.
@b6hydra I'm also thinking the case will side w/companies. 👍
@b6hydra Yes. I'm not invested in it. I'm a bit against political parties as they stand today, lobbyist warts and all.
I believe in allying on individual per issue basis. Plenty of things I may disagree with. But fight for what I believe in kind of thing.
I see issues with places like YT allowing biased private special interest groups to "moderate" videos/issue strikes (as "trusted flaggers").
Concerned about censorship as it quiets legit criticism (sometimes).
Just my thoughts on it.