Press Release: CDT and Human Rights Orgs File SCOTUS Brief Urging Court to Stop Texas Social Media Law
(WASHINGTON) — The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) today joined a coalition of human rights organizations asking the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent Texas’s social media law from taking immediate effect.
CEO President & CEO Alexandra Reeve Givens said:
“This law prohibits social media platforms from taking action against lawful-but-awful content like hate speech and disinformation. The law’s reckless approach is harmful for users and the public.
Our brief before the Supreme Court explains that, under this misguided law, platforms would have to end content moderation practices that often benefit digital users. For example, sites that forbid encouraging suicide or promoting terrorism but allow other discussions of these topics would face the threat of lawsuits accusing them of “bias”. Policies that bar demeaning people based on race, religion, or other characteristics but allow discussions of racism or sharing your religious beliefs could also be banned under the Texas law.
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