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That's not even haha, that's like 6/10 likely.
by btbuildem 3y ago
That's not even haha, that's like 6/10 likely.
- skissane 3y agoI doubt Texas will. How would they enforce it? And good chance the federal courts will rule it is pre-empted by federal law (the FCC). For historical (and arguably even political) reasons, federal courts give the states a bit more leeway when to adult content. But regulating general purpose content-neutral VPNs would really be stepping directly into the FCC’s domain, in a way which would directly impact interstate commerce, and I doubt the courts would let them do that
- nunez 3y agoGreat Firewall of Texas. I could legit see them investing insane dollars on this project. I don't think this is federally illegal either
- owenmarshall 3y ago> The Congress shall have power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
- skissane 3y ago> I don't think this is federally illegal either If the FCC wanted to overrule it, they could, and the Courts would likely be on the FCC's side. See https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46736 https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46736 But I doubt it would ever get that far. It would be a huge burden on every large corporation operating in Texas, if interstate traffic had to go through some legally mandatory firewall or content filter. The Texas state legislature is generally pro-business, and if almost every major corporation in Texas would be lobbying them not to do something, I doubt they'll do it. And, in the very unlikely event the legislature ignored that lobbying and did it anyway, and the Governor didn't veto it – then those corporations would likely go straight to petitioning the FCC, and I think it is likely they'd succeed in convincing the FCC in overruling it.