Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a invoice Thursday aiming to permit residents to sue social-media corporations if their content material or accounts are banned from their platforms, a transfer that comes as related laws in Florida stays in authorized limbo after a federal decide’s ruling.
Mr. Abbott, a Republican, stated Home Invoice 20 would forestall corporations from banning customers based mostly on their political viewpoints and permit residents within the state to sue the businesses to reinstate accounts deemed to have been unfairly eliminated. The laws targets platforms with no less than 50 million month-to-month customers within the U.S, which would come with these equivalent to Twitter Inc . , Fb Inc . , and Google’s YouTube amongst others.