{"id":190925,"date":"2021-03-05T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=190925"},"modified":"2021-03-05T10:00:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T15:00:03","slug":"abbott-moves-to-end-big-tech-viewpoint-censorship-un-american-and-soon-to-be-illegal-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abbott-moves-to-end-big-tech-viewpoint-censorship-un-american-and-soon-to-be-illegal-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbott Moves To End Big Tech Viewpoint Censorship: \u2018Un-American\u2019 And \u2018Soon To Be Illegal\u2019 In Texas\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fabbott-moves-to-end-big-tech-viewpoint-censorship-un-american-and-soon-to-be-illegal-in-texas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=190925&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1052778820.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday that he\u2019s seeking to outlaw viewpoint discrimination on social media.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cI am joining [state\u00a0Sen. Bryan Hughes]<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u00a0to announce a bill prohibiting social media companies from censoring viewpoints,\u201d Abbott announced late Thursday night via Twitter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cToo many social media sites silence conservative speech and ideas and trample free speech,\u201d he asserted. \u201cIt\u2019s un-American, Un-Texan, &#038; soon to be illegal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am joining <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBryanHughes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenBryanHughes<\/a> to announce a bill prohibiting social media companies from censoring viewpoints.<\/p>\n<p>Too many social media sites silence conservative speech and ideas and trample free speech.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s un-American, Un-Texan, &#038; soon to be illegal.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zSdirRa1pj\">https:\/\/t.co\/zSdirRa1pj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1367699473703579652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Abbott has scheduled a press conference for Friday afternoon to <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/nation-world\/gov-abbott-to-announce-bill-prohibiting-social-media-companies-from-censoring-viewpoints\">detail<\/a> the legislation and his efforts to stop Texans from being censored online.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has also been working to end viewpoint discrimination from Big Tech in his state.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Fox News host Tucker Carlson last month, DeSantis said he\u2019s looking to protect Floridians\u2019 data privacy, add daily fines to tech companies that deplatform political candidates, and open up a channel for lawsuits against Big Tech from Floridians who\u2019ve been censored over their viewpoint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they\u2019re we\u2019re going to do three different things,\u201d DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/florida-governor-ron-desantis-reveals-3-things-his-state-is-doing-to-take-on-tech-companies\">told<\/a> Fox News\u00a0last month. \u201cOne is protect Floridian\u2019s data privacy from big tech, which is a huge issue, as you said, protect big tech from interfering in an election. And that may mean you display you deplatform, a candidate you don\u2019t like\u2013two guesses as to which type of candidate big tech wouldn\u2019t like\u2013but it also means doing the algorithms in a way that will suppress stories, or accelerate them to benefit a candidate, that\u2019s effectively an in kind contribution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then the general protections for deplatforming users and what we\u2019re allowing people to do is bring civil suits under the Florida deceptive and unfair trade practices statute and anti-fraud statute and also allowing the state attorney general to do that as well, if big tech is not applying their terms of service in a in a coherent and principled way, which they almost never do,\u201d the governor added. \u201cSo we think that this is something that Floridians want protection from, and I think it\u2019ll end up being a really good first step. I mean, there\u2019s always been the question, what do you do about this, I think a lot of us have thought there was something wrong for a long time. But to just sit back and hope it gets better, that clearly wasn\u2019t going to work. So we\u2019re leading, and I think it\u2019ll be good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbott made headlines earlier this week when he <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/governor-abbott-lifts-mask-mandate-opens-texas-100-percent\">issued<\/a>\u00a0Executive Order (GA-34), lifting the statewide mask mandate and fully lifting lockdown measures on businesses and facilities within the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the medical advancements of vaccines and antibody therapeutic drugs, Texas now has the tools to protect Texans from the virus,\u201d Abbott said. \u201cWe must now do more to restore livelihoods and normalcy for Texans by opening Texas 100 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake no mistake, COVID-19 has not disappeared, but it is clear from the recoveries, vaccinations, reduced hospitalizations, and safe practices that Texans are using that state mandates are no longer needed,\u201d he added. \u201cToday\u2019s announcement does not abandon safe practices that Texans have mastered over the past year. Instead, it is a reminder that each person has a role to play in their own personal safety and the safety of others. With this executive order, we are ensuring that all businesses and families in Texas have the freedom to determine their own destiny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday that he\u2019s seeking to outlaw viewpoint discrimination on social media. \u201cI am joining [state\u00a0Sen. Bryan Hughes]\u00a0to announce a bill prohibiting social media companies &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274830,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1052778820.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Abbott Moves To End Big Tech Viewpoint Censorship: \u2018Un-American\u2019 And \u2018Soon To Be Illegal\u2019 In Texas\u00a0","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1052778820.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Abbott Moves To End Big Tech Viewpoint Censorship: \u2018Un-American\u2019 And \u2018Soon To Be Illegal\u2019 In Texas\u00a0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}