Late last week, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals proved a common sense but rarely actionable premise: the Big Tech companies, despite their claims to the contrary, do not have a divine right to rule in America. The laws — and the democratically elected lawmakers who write them – get first consideration.
Big Tech has run straight into a Texas-shaped brick wall in the form of a law passed by the state legislature last year aimed at preventing social media censorship of users for their viewpoints. The 5th Circuit hasn’t made a final ruling on the merits of the law, but has allowed the law to go into effect while the legal process moves forward.
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