Twitter Sues TX AG Over Probe Into Banning Practices

Politico reports:

Twitter on Monday filed a complaint in U.S. District Court against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, seeking to stop the state’s investigation into its content moderation practices.

The social media giant said in its filing that the investigation requested by Paxton was an abuse of his power and a retaliatory action over Twitter’s decision to permanently suspend Donald Trump from the platform, which was the former president’s preferred method of communication with his supporters.

“Twitter seeks to stop AG Paxton from unlawfully abusing his authority as the highest law-enforcement officer of the State of Texas to intimidate, harass, and target Twitter in retaliation for Twitter’s exercise of its First Amendment rights,” the company wrote.

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Twitter on Monday filed a complaint against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, seeking to stop the state’s investigation into its content moderation practices https://t.co/BZpiv7Ia50

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