Northwoods UU Issues Resource Links: DEMOCRACY, THE BIG LIE, & SOCIAL MEDIA


SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP


SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP LAWS (that is, state laws against sites like Twitter or Facebook,etc. banning users because of their viewpoints)


  • As 2022 midterms approach, disinformation on social media platforms continues
    By David Klepper, Associated Press (as seen on PBS Newshour site) | October 21, 2022 12:53 PM EDT |

  • Why social media companies moderate users' posts
    By Scott Rosenberg, Axios.com | October 17, 2022 |

  • After Uvalde, social media monitoring apps struggle to justify surveillance Critics say that mixed results have not vindicated potential privacy violations
    By Corin Faife@corintxt [as seen on The Verge] | May 31, 2022, 1:56pm EDT |

  • Supreme Court blocks Texas social media law from taking effect
    By Nina Totenberg & Bobby Allyn at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C. | May 31, 2022 6:43 PM ET |

  • Texas law prohibiting social media companies from banning users over their viewpoints reinstated by appeals court The court did not evaluate the law on its constitutionality but will allow it to go back into effect while a legal case plays out. Texas lawmakers passed the law, saying social media platforms have an anti-conservative bias.
    By Andrew Zhang, Texas Tribune | May 11, 2022 6 PM Central |

    QUOTE FROM ABOVE ARTICLE:
    "A federal appeals court on Wednesday reinstated a Republican-backed Texas law that prohibits large social media companies from banning users over their political viewpoints....

    The order did not evaluate the law on its constitutionality but instead allows the law to go back into effect while the case proceeds in district court, according to a statement from one of the plaintiff groups. The ruling came from a three-judge panel on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — which is often considered the most conservative appeals court in the country — and was not accompanied by a written opinion explaining the decision at the time of publication....

    'HB 20 is an assault on the First Amendment, and it's constitutionally rotten from top to bottom,' Chris Marchese, counsel for the NetChoice industry trade group, tweeted after the ruling. 'So of course we're going to appeal today's unprecedented, unexplained, and unfortunate order by a split 2-1 panel.'

  • Texas sued over bill stopping social media companies from banning users for political views
    A judge recently blocked a similar bill in Florida after a lawsuit brought forward by NetChoice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association, the same groups that sued Texas.
    by James Pollard, Texas Tribune | September 22, 2021 11 AM Central |

  • How Facebook and Twitter decided to take down Trump's accounts
    The Facebook and Twitter suspensions were a landmark moment for America's social media giants and the most visible demonstration yet of their absolute power.
    By Dylan Byers, NBC News | Jan. 14, 2021, 4:01 PM CST |

  • Banning Trump from Social Media Makes Sense. But Beware the Downside
    When online hate speech moves off Facebook and Twitter, it migrates to smaller, extreme, fringe platforms, BU researcher explains
    by Jessica Colarossi, Boston University | January 8, 2021 |


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