AUSTIN, Texas – A federal appeals court on Friday ruled in favor of a Texas law targeting major social media companies like Facebook and Twitter, in a victory for RepublicansRead More
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What Did Texas Gain By Exploring Twitter’s Fake Accounts?
Paxton, a former state representative who has cultivated the conservative base of the Republican Party, was first elected attorney general in 2014. He promised to fight the Affordable Care ActRead More
Texas AG Ken Paxton launches investigation into fake Twitter accounts
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating fake accounts on Twitter for possible violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, expanding his effort to look under the hood ofRead More
Supreme Court blocks Texas from enforcing social media law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily blocked Texas from enforcing its new social media law, which aims to prevent digital censorship by directing platforms with more than 50 millionRead More
Supreme Court Blocks Texas Law Regulating Social Media Platforms
The law also does not cover sites devoted to news, sports, entertainment and other information not primarily produced by their users. Covered sites are largely prohibited from removing posts basedRead More
Debunking 3 Viral Rumors About Texas Attack
Rumors about the gunman and what had happened circulated widely on the Internet, often with little or no easily rebuttable evidence. Deadly school attack in Uvalde, Texas. Here are theRead More
Texas asks Supreme Court to dismiss tech groups’ opposition to new opposition
Texas urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to allow the enforcement of its social media law over the objection of tech industry trade groups. A federal appeals court last weekRead More
Court of Appeals Revitalizes Texas Law Targeting Social Media Companies
A Texas law banning major social media companies from removing political speech was the first of its kind, enacted Wednesday, raising complex questions about how to follow rules for majorRead More
Federal court lets Texas enforce new social media law
A federal appeals court is allowing Texas’ new social media law to take effect, lifting a judge’s blockade and escalating the legal battle over digital censorship. A three-judge panel ofRead More
Flamingo Spotted in Texas after Escaped from the Kansas Zoo in 2005
On a windy day in 2005 in Kan., Wichita, Number 492 made its escape. Workers at the Sedgwick County Zoo forgot to clip the wings of African flamingos; it wasRead More