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Related: About this forumTexas AG says probe to continue despite Twitter lawsuit
DALLAS (AP) Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Wednesday that a lawsuit by Twitter won't deter his office from investigating the content moderation practices of the social media giant and four other major technology companies.
Twitter sued the Republican official this week in an effort to halt his probe, which the company claimed was retaliation for banning the account of former President Donald Trump following the deadly January insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Days after the riot, Paxton announced an investigation of what he called the seemingly coordinated de-platforming of the President. His office demanded a variety of records and internal communications from Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon and Apple.
On Monday, Twitter asked a federal judge in California to effectively stop the probe and affirm that its decision to ban Trump was protected by the First Amendment. Paxton responded Wednesday that most of the companies have cooperated and called Twitter's suit remarkable.
Apparently they have some fear of disclosing what theyre actually doing if theyre asking a California judge to rule on Texas law, he said during an online forum hosted by the conservative Media Research Center. In its demand for records, Paxtons office cited the authority of Texas' Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act.
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(28,246 posts)Are there any photos of Paxton in which he doesn't appear to be a degenerate gambler, just after a long, sleepless, destructive weekend at the tables in Vegas?
Asking for a friend.