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Texas’s Social-Media Law Is Dangerous. Striking It Down Could Be Worse | Beware giving Big Tech a constitutional right to avoid regulation
Beware giving Big Tech a constitutional right to avoid regulation.
The arguments concern laws in Texas and Florida, passed in 2021, that if allowed to go into effect would largely prevent the biggest social-media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X (formerly Twitter), and TikTok, from moderating their content. Because the laws would limit the platforms’ ability to police hate speech, conspiracy theories, and vaccine misinformation, many liberal organizations and Democratic officials have lined up to defend giant corporations that they otherwise tend to vilify. That’s one of the reasons 22 attorneys general, led by New York’s Letitia James and including those of California, Connecticut, Minnesota, and the District of Columbia, filed a brief outlining their interest in preserving state authority to regulate social media.
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