A bill prohibiting the freezing of political accounts on SNS such as Facebook has been passed, and it has been pointed out that it is unconstitutional



A bill has been passed in Texas, USA, that prohibits 'suspension of accounts based on political claims' for various SNS including Facebook.

A similar bill was enacted in Florida in May 2021, but has since been rejected by the court for unconstitutional reasons. There are also voices pointing out that the Texas bill is unconstitutional, and attention is being paid to future trends.

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The bill in question was passed by a majority in favor of the Texas Senate on September 1, 2021. Republican Senator Bryan Hughes said, 'SNS is effectively like a mobile operator or carrier. Carriers want to serve users because of their political position. We will not refuse to, 'he said, claiming that the bill is based on the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which provides for freedom of expression.

Houston Public Media said, 'This bill is Republican's response to the freeze of Donald Trump's account on Twitter and Facebook. Democrats said,'Let's punish SNS companies that Republicans have removed conservatives from their platforms. I'm blaming the bill as '.'

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A similar law was enacted in Florida in May 2021. Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis claimed that the law 'protects freedom of expression,' but

Matt Schlars, president of the Computer Communications Industry Association , said, 'It's up to the Internet service to decide what speech it accepts. , It is the exercise of the First Amendment to the Constitution, which stipulates freedom of expression, 'he said, claiming that it was the enacted law that violated the Constitution. The bill was scheduled to come into force on July 1, 2021, but has evolved into a situation where courts have blocked it as 'unconstitutional.'

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As with Florida, there are voices pointing out that the bill passed in Texas is unconstitutional. 'There are dozens of states considering legislation that regulates the speech of social networking platforms, but so far,' said Karl

Suzabo , deputy representative of NetChoice, an organization that protects freedom of expression on the Internet. Few states have enforced the law. '

In addition, Facebook's indefinite suspension of Mr. Trump's account was 'justified' by the Facebook supervisory board of the independent auditing organization, saying that 'the post of former President Trump was found to be praise for those engaged in violence.' Was. '

Facebook's Independent Auditing Body Supports Former President Trump's Account Suspension Indefinitely-GIGAZINE

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