Brian Fung | @[email protected]

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Still waiting for Elon’s answer to how his Twitter would deal with the video… — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Just a few days ago, the questions about how social media will work in Texas under HB 20 seemed urgent but still to some degree hypothetical. Saturday's violence made many of these questions painfully real. https://t.co/7EFcwUq1zq — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

For our previous coverage on why this legislation is a BFD, see here: https://t.co/i5DNVO8LNs — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Imagine if Facebook had to carry the Buffalo shooting video, or posts amplifying the suspect's ideology, in between wedding photos and your aunt's tuna casserole recipe. The tragedy has suddenly has put this legal battle in stark perspective. https://t.co/7EFcwUq1zq — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

The Buffalo shooting, and tech platforms' reaction to it, emphasizes the enormous stakes of the legal battle surrounding HB 20, Texas's content moderation law. https://t.co/7EFcwUq1zq — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Sounds exactly like what someone who doesn't "care about the economics at all" would say https://t.co/7EHh7JgBQz — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @snlyngaas: 🧐 DOJ has accused a 55-year-old Venezuelan cardiologist of being behind Thanos, ransomware kit that some researchers have li… — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@hassankhan @mmasnick First, that doesn't invalidate what transpired in the procedural history of the bill. Second, incitement and specific threats are a much narrower category of speech than that contemplated by the rejected amendment. https://t.co/rqWs7CT2yA — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Holy crap I was not familiar with this wild piece of procedural history pertaining to HB 20, in which Texas lawmakers **rejected an amendment letting platforms block pro-terrorist content** (h/t @mmasnick) https://t.co/Uy0rXDIriU https://t.co/3m4HEwA2oE — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@Kantrowitz Nice — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Jeffrey P. Bezos weblogs on this here hellsite as if he's dispensing his sage business wisdom on LinkedIn. https://t.co/I2Ldkw9ZCw — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @donie: People trying to circulate the Buffalo shooting video are using a vast array of online hosting services to try to get around the… — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@elonmusk I don't do "gotcha" questions. This is a sincere effort to help the public understand how Twitter might respond to a similar situation if the transaction is completed. There is a clear public interest in this question being answered. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Does @elonmusk consider the Buffalo video that circulated on social media to be "wrong and bad" or "destructive to the world"? — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

It’s almost too awful to imagine what platforms would look like if they were legally required to host the Buffalo video, or praise for it, or posts amplifying it. But we must. Because that’s a possible scenario in our current timeline. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Read @Iyengarish for more details: https://t.co/f0BH59hmcF — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

NEW: The groups challenging Texas’s social media law have filed for an emergency stay at SCOTUS, saying they hope Justice Alito (assigned to hear such requests from 5th Circuit) or the full Court will swiftly reverse the ruling that let HB 20 take effect. https://t.co/ZECpYSZK8v — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @WillOremus: A right-leaning federal court stunningly reinstated a Texas law allowing users to sue FB, Twitter & YouTube for viewpoint "… — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @WillOremus: @NaomiNixWrites Another good story & thread on the Texas law by @b_fung. Tech reporters and First Amendment scholars are ba… — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @issielapowsky: ICYMI: NetChoice and CCIA are preparing to ask SCOTUS to vacate the Texas social media ruling. They've said they plan… — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

In other words, shit just got very, very real. Pay attention. https://t.co/xmCnURUlar — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

After the leaked opinion on Roe, we know this Court is absolutely willing to overturn decades-old precedents. It is not hard to imagine it revisiting some of its most basic convictions on speech. https://t.co/xmCnURUlar — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

3. If this goes to SCOTUS, decades of First Amendment precedent may be on the line—affects not just tech, but all Americans’ 1A rights on compelled speech and more. And possibly also result in big chunks of the internet opened to common carrier regulation. https://t.co/xmCnURUlar — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

2. Lots of uncertainty on how social media is allowed to work in Texas going forward. Companies need to figure out how to comply. Do they stop all moderation? Shut down and pull out? Do they need to engineer Texas-specific systems? What’s the impact to UX? https://t.co/xmCnURUlar — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

This week’s decision letting Texans sue social media companies is hugely significant. Three reasons why. 1. The law is in effect—right now. A wave of suits may be being prepared as we speak. Plaintiffs have never had a law like HB 20 to help them before. https://t.co/xmCnURUlar — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

If you’re not following this week’s court decision on Texas’s social media law, you need to tune in. Right frickin’ now. https://t.co/xmCnURUlar — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Welp, all of this has checked out so far — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

So glad I’m off today and don’t have to deal with any of this except for fun — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Almost sounds like surprise that his own personal experience with the platform may not be reflective of the whole picture — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

What a week. Who needs a drink? 🍻 — PolitiTweet.org