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Lobbying groups representing Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Google, and other tech companies filed an emergency request with the U.S. Supreme Court, Reuters reports. The groups looked to block a Texas law prohibiting sizeable social media platforms from banning users based on their political views. Also Read: Google, Facebook Restrict…

Lobbying groups representing Facebook, Twitter, Google and other tech companies filed an emergency request with the US Supreme Court on Friday, seeking to block a Texas law that prohibits large social media platforms from banning users based on their political views, Reuters reported. The Texas law went into effect on…

In yesterday's National Press Photographers Ass'n v. McCraw (W.D. Tex.), Judge Robert Pitman held that Texas statutes limiting drone photography were unconstitutional. A brief summary of the statutes: Section 423.003 imposes criminal and civil penalties by declaring it unlawful to use "an unmanned aircraft to capture an image of an…