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Texas Content Moderation Bill: Say Goodbye to Email Filters

6 pointsby marmot777over 3 years ago

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treesprite82over 3 years ago
&gt; I get a ton of email, so I use a special filtering service that routes my mail to different boxes -- including sending certain PR emails straight into the trash. As I read this bill, that would no longer be allowed in Texas.<p>&gt; And this includes monetary fines. So the PR folks who are mad that I never read their emails could sue for $10 for each message &quot;unlawfully impeded&quot; and $25,000 for each day that their emails are so impeded as well.<p>To my understanding, the bill isn&#x27;t restricting what an individual user can choose to block for themself. Like how a postal service being a common carrier doesn&#x27;t mean you&#x27;re not allowed to throw out junk mail you receive.<p>It clarifies as follows for user pages which can be a bit of an in-between case:<p>&gt; (b) This chapter may not be construed to prohibit or restrict a social media platform from authorizing or facilitating a user&#x27;s ability to censor specific expression on the user&#x27;s platform or page at the request of that user.