A Texas Congressman is asking Elon Musk to report evidence of federal collaboration with big tech companies to censor political viewpoints.
After a back and forth of injunctions, the appeals court upheld Texas' law ruling that it does not violate the First Amendment.
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a new lawsuit against Facebook over its facial recognition system.
A new Texas law regulating social media platforms that was set to go into effect on Thursday was halted with a temporary injunction from a judge in Austin.
A lawsuit was filed against Texas’ law against social media censorship, arguing it violates social media platforms’ First Amendment rights.
The keynote issue for the July special session will be the election reform legislation that died on the last night of the regular session.
The agenda items for the first special session have yet to be announced.
Senate Bill 12, which would have allowed censored Texans to challenge social media companies, died after failing to pass the midnight deadline on Tuesday.
A Texas Senate committee heard legislation on Monday aiming to prohibit social media platforms from censoring users based on their viewpoints.
Sen. Cruz was sharply critical of Twitter’s use of censorship, asking CEO Jack Dorsey, “Who the hell elected you and put you in charge of what the media are allowed to report?”
Texas joined a lawsuit today against Google arguing that the tech giant has unlawfully maintained a monopoly in the web search and advertising markets.
As tech companies are increasingly accused of censoring speech they don't like, Sen. Ted Cruz comes out against enshrining protections for them in trade deals.
