5th Circuit Stays Injunction Of Texas Social Media Editorial Restriction Law

Mealey's (May 16, 2022, 10:06 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Five months after a federal judge preliminarily enjoined a newly enacted Texas law that bars certain social media platforms from engaging in viewpoint-based editing of users’ content, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on May 11 issued an order granting, without comment, a motion by Texas Attorney General (AG) Ken Paxton to stay that injunction....