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Using that technology to mark a post as 'objectionable' could be construed as illegal censorship under this law [0]: > A social media platform may not censor a

Using that technology to mark a post as 'objectionable' could be construed as illegal censorship under this law [0]: > A social media platform may not censor a user, a user ’s expression, or a user ’s ability to receive the expression of another person based on: (1) the viewpoint of the user or another person; (2) the viewpoint represented in the user ’s expression or another person ’s expression; or (3) a user ’s geographic location in this state or any part of this state. > "Censor" means to block, ban, remove, deplatform, demonetize, de-boost, restrict, deny equal access or visibility to, or otherwise discriminate against expression. [0]: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/Text.aspx?LegSess=872&Bill=HB20 https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/Text.aspx?LegSess=872&B...

yucky 4y ago
It doesn't demonetize, it gives the advertisers control over their target audience on a per campaign basis. So depending on what I'm advertising I may or may not want to exclude different types of content from displaying my advertising. We don't consider it censorship if I want to market to people only in Iowa. It doesn't mean I'm demonetizing people who have content for and about Nebraska. I can also choose not to run my ads on certain apps or websites on a one-off basis.
- allturtles 4y ago
  The law is very open-ended, it includes anything that would "otherwise discriminate against expression," and I could certainly see a judge concluding that tagging a post as 'objectionable' (which is done by the platform, not the advertiser) counts as such discrimination.
  - yucky 4y ago
    You're reaching. You can already target by ad campaigns by subject matter. That's all this is. If I'm selling kids art books, I would only want to run the ads on relevant content. Same for if I'm advertising survival gear. Or make-up.

yucky 4y ago

It doesn't demonetize, it gives the advertisers control over their target audience on a per campaign basis. So depending on what I'm advertising I may or may not want to exclude different types of content from displaying my advertising. We don't consider it censorship if I want to market to people only in Iowa. It doesn't mean I'm demonetizing people who have content for and about Nebraska. I can also choose not to run my ads on certain apps or websites on a one-off basis.

allturtles 4y ago
The law is very open-ended, it includes anything that would "otherwise discriminate against expression," and I could certainly see a judge concluding that tagging a post as 'objectionable' (which is done by the platform, not the advertiser) counts as such discrimination.
- yucky 4y ago
  You're reaching. You can already target by ad campaigns by subject matter. That's all this is. If I'm selling kids art books, I would only want to run the ads on relevant content. Same for if I'm advertising survival gear. Or make-up.