From: johnny@invalid.net   
      
   by Rebecca Klar   
   09/16/22   
      
   The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a controversial Texas law that   
   restricts companies’ ability to remove users or violative content on   
   Friday.    
      
   The court’s decision lifts a previous injunction put in place by the   
   Supreme Court, allowing the embattled law to go into effect.    
      
   “Today we reject the idea that corporations have a freewheeling First   
   Amendment right to censor what people say. Because the district court   
   held otherwise, we reverse its injunction and remand for further   
   proceedings,” the court said in its decision.    
      
   The court had previously lifted an injunction in place as the case was   
   being weighed, but tech industry groups and civil society groups joined   
   forces in urging the Supreme Court to take action to temporarily block   
   the case again as it made its way forward. The Supreme Court issued a   
   rare 5-4 decision to put the block back on the law in May.   
      
   The case may end up back before the Supreme Court based on its merits.   
      
   https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3647009-appeals-court-upho   
   ds-controversial-texas-social-media-law/    
      
   I believe The Supreme Court will agree with the Texas court of appeals,   
   since it has become obvious the FBI is using private   
   companies to violate the First Amendment rights of the People.   
      
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