Texas joins Florida in legislation against Big Tech censorship | Eastern NC Now

 

Texas Governor Greg Abbott held a press conference to announce that he will sign a bill from the Texas State Senate to crack down on censorship of users by Big Tec.  The bill prohibits censorship of Big Tech users based on viewpoint and allows them to sue Big Tech companies that censor them.  Florida has similar legislation, backed by its governor, working its way through their legislature.

 

"We see that the First Amendment is under assault by these social media companies, and that is not going to be tolerated in Texas,” said Governor Abbott. “There is a dangerous movement spreading across the country trying to try to silence conservative ideas, religious beliefs,” the governor added. “We saw that first arise on college campuses, but now, these social media tech companies are using their tools to silence conservative speech on their platforms.”

 

“Texas is taking a stand against big tech political censorship. We are not going to allow it in the Lone Star state,” Governor Abbott affirmed.