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Federal court blocks Texas law banning ‘viewpoint discrimination’ on social media

The Verge

A federal judge has blocked a Texas law that aimed to limit large social platforms’ ability to moderate content on the grounds that it is likely to violate the First Amendment. The law’s disclosure rules are “inordinately burdensome given the unfathomably large numbers of posts on these sites and apps,” the order says.

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Texas sued over terrible social media law

The Verge

NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) have sued to stop Texas from enforcing HB 20, a new law barring large social media companies from banning users or removing content based on the “viewpoint” of the user. It argues that as a whole, the law infringes on web services’ right to free expression.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. AFP Florida Caucus / St. Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $675.

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Texas passes law that bans kicking people off social media based on ‘viewpoint’

The Verge

The new law , passed as HB 20 in early September, controversially prohibits banning (or demonetizing or otherwise restricting) content based on “the viewpoint of the user or another person,” whether or not that viewpoint is expressed on the social media platform itself. Photo by Montinique Monroe/Getty Images.

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Apple shareholders to decide on fate of DEI programs

Fast Company Tech

The proposal drafted by the National Center for Public Policy Researcha self-described conservative think tankurges Apple to follow a litany of high-profile companies that have retreated from diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives currently in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump. .

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Smartmatic sues Fox News, Rudy Giuliani, and others over election disinformation campaign

The Verge

Smartmatic’s founders are from Venezuela, but they launched the company in Florida and deny any links to Chavez.) However, the claims received widespread coverage on conservative news networks like Fox, often through Powell and Giuliani, who were promoting a fruitless legal fight to overturn the election results.

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Leaving content moderation to volunteers is empowering racists

The Verge

More conservative moderators have taken a heavy-handed approach to removing such posts — no non-shower thoughts in the shower thoughts forum ! I would like to see Nextdoor post a ‘White lives matter’ [post],’” one moderator from Orlando, Florida, wrote. Sometimes, we need to remember ‘All lives matter!’”.