Texas passes social media 'de-platforming' law

Re:Texas passes social media 'de-platforming' law by mikewarot on Friday September 10, 2021 @11:01PM (#28489093)

It seems like Texas, as a whole, has decided to commit economic and political suicide. From the self inflicted failures of the power and gas infrastructure last winter, to the latest assault on women, this law could potentially have all social media ban Texas residents.

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Re:Texas passes social media 'de-platforming' law by bluedevil2k on Friday September 10, 2021 @11:27PM (#28489204)

> potentially have all social media ban Texas residents

The productivity gains from this action would far outweigh any economic loss.

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Re:Texas passes social media 'de-platforming' law by ttyprintk on Friday September 24, 2021 @09:17AM (#28641899)

But the rise in invincible spam would make sites like StackOverflow think twice about accepting questions from Texans.

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Re:Texas passes social media 'de-platforming' law by Banana699 on Saturday September 11, 2021 @04:25AM (#28490327)

>It seems like Texas, as a whole, has decided to commit economic and political suicide.

Not really, corporations don't give a heck about rights or principles, only regulations and laws.

Corporations verbally obey and pay lip service to the moral fashions of the perceived memetic majority, that's the user interface.

The backend is a ruthless optimization engine maximizing a very specific utility function and caring for literally nothing else.

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Re:Texas passes social media 'de-platforming' law by collectedparts on Saturday September 11, 2021 @12:41AM (#28489475)

And yet: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/economy/2021/08/24/texas...

(Granted, that is from prior to these most recent fiascos.)

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