Why the Texas social media law just became a big headache for Big Tech

Image credit: Daria Kashurina / Getty Images and Jeremy Bezanger / Unsplash. Article by Mark Sullivan. Fast Company – May 17, 2022.

Short of ‘going nuclear’ and shutting off service to Texans, Big Social may soon be fighting off scores of lawsuits enabled by HB 20 in Texas.

A surprise decision by a Texas federal appeals court last week may be the opening salvo of a long and messy trench war in the trial courts of Texas for big social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that […]

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