COURT CLEARS WAY FOR SOCIAL MEDIA SUITS

A federal appeals court ruling has cleared the way for a controversial Texas law that will allow any state resident banned from social media platforms for their political views to sue. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday put on hold a temporary injunction that a federal judge issued in December. The law will take effect while judges weigh an appeal to the lower court decision. Two groups representing Facebook parent Meta Platforms, Google and Twitter have sued Texas over the law which was motivated by the social media suspensions of former President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.