Government,
Technology
May 19, 2022
Social media platforms need legislative intervention
This state-by-state approach is certain to create a split among the circuits, which likely means that the matter will end up in the U.S. Supreme Court, which has already become highly politicized by its handling of lawsuits related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.




Anita Taff-Rice
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Shortly after a speech on Jan. 6, 2020 by former President Donald Trump – where he urged followers to “fight like hell” – a group of supporters launched a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol. For months afterward, Trump followed with repeated tweets that the 2020 election had been stolen, despite a complete lack of evidence to support those claims. Eventually, Twitter disabled Trump’s Twitter account.
The Texas legislature responded by pass...
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