Twitter Sues Texas For The Right To Free Speech (Page 1/1)
cliffw MAR 15, 10:11 AM


Twitter sues Texas attorney general, accusing him of retaliating after it banned Trump


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Twitter filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, accusing him of "abusing his authority" to target the social media giant in retaliation for its suspension of former President Donald Trump's account in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

"Twitter seeks to stop AG Paxton from unlawfully abusing his authority as the highest law-enforcement officer of the State of Texas to intimidate, harass, and target Twitter in retaliation for Twitter’s exercise of its First Amendment rights," the suit states. "The rights of free speech and of the press afforded Twitter under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution include the right to make decisions about what content to disseminate through its platform."



A company denying free speech to the President of the United States, wants free speech ?

I am not a FaceSpacer, a Twatter, nor any of that social media which allows them to mine my "being", and then be able to dictate to me.

The protections Twitter receives from Section 230 in the Communications Decency Act ?

The Communications Decency Act was established as Title V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, just as the internet was growing and expanding amid the first big tech boom of the 1990s. It was initially created to regulate pornographic material on the internet.

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rep. Christopher Cox (R-CA) created Section 230 within the Communications Decency Act to protect speech on the internet. ...

... Free speech for one, free speech for all.

[This message has been edited by cliffw (edited 03-15-2021).]

MidEngineManiac MAR 15, 10:43 AM
Aint you noticed yet ?

They left thinks THEY decides what constitutes "free" thought and speech.