Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, signed a law Thursday preventing social media companies from banning users for their political views.
The law , known as HB 20, prohibits social media platforms from banning or suspending users and removing or suppressing their content based on political viewpoint. The bill was introduced by state Sen. Bryan Hughes partly in an effort to combat perceived censorship of conservatives by Facebook, Twitter, Google-owned YouTube, and other major tech companies.
“Social media websites have become our modern-day public square,” Abbott said in a statement . “They 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.” Conservative viewpoints will NOT be censored on social media in Texas.
Thank you @BriscoeCain & @SenBryanHughes .In Texas, we will always fight to defend your freedom of speech. #txlege pic.twitter.com/FYfackYODY […]
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