Judge tears apart Texas social media law for violating First Amendment

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  1. FreshAir

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    example, on a tech site, we were discussing a bug, and it turned out to be spywhere in a web client plugin, we mentioned the dns adddess, the spyware company fixed their bug, then threatened the site with a DMCA violation, so the site removed any posts with the dns address in them - did they have too, no, but pick your fights[/QUOTE]

    I would fight that one. Calling out spyware is a service to internet users. Nothing should stand in the way of it. If it is true, court cases won't matter. In the last 30 years of self employment I have been threatened with lawsuits many times. Nevertheless i have never been sued. Threats are cheap and easy. I think the web site was chicken. If they published the truth then they aren't liable for anything. They could add information on the site that the bug had been fixed. That would be good manners. But caving to a lawsuit threat when you are in the right is not the right thing to do.[/QUOTE]
    Trump's site will have the same protections any site has
     

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