Senator Hughes in Texas introduced senate bill 12 to stop the tech giants from censoring conservatives in Texas. He has the total support of Texas Governor Greg Abbot.
Article on Texas pushing back on the big tech platforns:
https://www.republicandaily.net/2021/03/gov-greg-abbott-announces-effort-to-ban-social-media-censorship-in-texas/
Governor Abbot's picture from this article:
The Texas Governor at a news conference, supporting Senate bill 12 in Texas.
Since Senator Hughes believes that FB and twitter have become a public forum; he says that this law will ensure the freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment.
This may be the first step to defining these platforms as a public utility, and placing them under goverent regulation. This would insure free speech nation wide.
I hope they copy this law locally too, although I fired FB years ago and never opened a twitter account. If all conservatives did the same, these platforms would crumble into History!
But it is gratifying to see Texas take a stand against the corporate fascists, I hope it is effective! They keep this up, and I may need to move to Texas....
I'm glad for the action. However, I am skeptical that it would hold in the legal sense. At the very least, it is a symbolic gesture. It is a warning shot.
They should be regulated as the public utilities they have become! I have long since stopped using them. Enough people that love free speech need to leave, and this policy will change.
Anti trust laws need to be applied too!
>:(Very good.
I like the way the governor responded! Tired the Liberals crapping on everything I believe, and expecting me to pay for it.
>:(I think you should consider running for public office.
If I ran for office the swamp would put a price on my head within a month! It would be nice to step on their throats and make them Pony up honest money on the budget. Making them balanced budget might actually be a little bit fun. They would hate me!
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