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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Court rules in favor of Texas law on social media regulation

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

A federal appeals court Friday ruled in favor of a Texas law targeting major social media companies like Facebook and Twitter in a victory for Republicans who accuse the platforms of censoring conservative speech.

But the decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is unlikely to be the last word in a legal battle that has stakes beyond Texas, and could impact how some of the world's biggest tech companies regulate content by their users.

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