10 MOODY v. NETCHOICE, LLC ALITO, J., concurring in judgment location within Texas.10,11,12 Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. §§143A.001(1), 143A.002(a)(1)–(3) (West Cum. Supp. 2023). However, the law allows platforms to censor speech that: federal law “specifically authorize[s]” them to censor; speech that the platform is told sexually exploits children or survivors of sexual abuse; speech that “directly incites criminal activity or consists of specific threats of violence targeted against a person or group because of race, color, disability, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, sex or status as peace officer or judge”; and speech that is otherwise unlawful or has been the subject of a user’s request for removal from his or her feed or profile. §§143A.006(a)–(b). Disclosure provisions. Like the Florida law, H. B. 20 also requires platforms to make general and individual disclosures about their censorship practices. Specifically, the law obligates each platform to tell the public how it “targets,” “promotes,” and “moderates” content. §§120.051(a)(1)–(3). And whenever a platform censors a user, the law requires it to inform the user why that was done. §120.103(a)(1).13 —————— 10 In general, to “deplatform” means “to remove and ban a registered user from a mass communication medium (such as a social networking or blogging website).” Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed. 2024), (defining “deplatform”; some punctuation omitted), https:// unabridged.merriam-webster.com/collegiate/deplatform (unless otherwise noted, all internet sites last accessed May 22, 2024). 11 “[D]emonetization” often refers to the act of preventing “online content from earning revenue (as from advertisements).” Ibid. (defining “demonetize”; some punctuation omitted), https://unabridged.merriamwebster.com/collegiate/demonetize. 12 “Boosting on social media means [paying] a platform to amplify . . . posts for more reach.” C. Williams, HubSpot, Social Media Definitions: The Ultimate Glossary of Terms You Should Know (June 23, 2023), https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/social-media-terms. De-boosting thus usually refers to when platforms refuse to continue increasing a post’s or user’s visibility to other users. 13 Texas has represented that a brief computer-generated notification to an affected user would satisfy the provision’s notification requirement. Brief for Respondent in No. 22–555, p. 44.