https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/22/22688331/texas-hb-20-first-amendment-lawsuit-social-media-censorship
though not over the email spam provision at this time. The text of the law contains the usual severability provisions, but I won't make any predictions what, if any, parts of this survive til Dec 2nd. Brandon On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 7:48 PM John Levine via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> wrote: > A bizarre new Texas law makes most spam filtering illegal, effective Dec 2: > > “An electronic mail service provider may not intentionally impede the > transmission of another person’s electronic mail message based on the > content of the message” unless: > > * it “provides a process for the prompt, good faith resolution of a > dispute related to the blocking with the sender of the commercial > electronic mail message” or > > * “the provider has a good faith, reasonable belief that the message > contains malicious computer code, obscene material, material depicting > sexual conduct, or material that violates other law” > > Senders who are blocked can sue for $10/msg up to $25K/day. If I had any > users in Texas, I would turn off all the spam filtering. > Why take the risk? > > If you think this is mind-bogglingly stupid and nobody in their right mind > would pass such a law, you are correct, but, you know, Texas. > > More info here: > > > https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2021/09/texas-enacts-social-media-censorship-law-to-benefit-anti-vaxxers-spammers.htm > > R's, > John > _______________________________________________ > mailop mailing list > mailop@mailop.org > https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop >
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