US supreme court blocks Texas law targeting social media rules

Measure passed by Republican-led legislature seeks to bar platforms from removing user posts based on viewpoint'

The US supreme court temporarily blocked a Texas law that would bar social media companies from removing user posts based on their viewpoint", as lower courts battle over whether it would violate first amendment rights.

In a 5-4 decision, the justices granted a request from two technology industry groups that have argued the Republican-backed measure would turn platforms into havens of the vilest expression imaginable".