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Here’s why tech giants want the Supreme Court to freeze Texas’ social media law

It “strips private online businesses of their speech rights, forbids them from making constitutionally protected editorial decisions, and forces them to publish and promote objectionable content,” said Chris Marchese of NetChoice, one of the industry groups challenging the law. “Left standing, Texas HB 20 will turn the First Amendment on its head — to violate free speech, the government need only claim to be ‘protecting’ it.”