greg abbott
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America’s Worst Internet Bills of 2023, So Far
2023 has been a doozy of a year for anyone keeping their ear to the ground on technology-related legislation. In just seven months, numerous US states have passed age verification laws and parental content requirements for kids to access social media which would have been impossible to imagine only a few years prior. TikTok, possibly…
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Texas Law Forcing Tech Companies to Host Heinous Shit Put on Hold by SCOTUS
The U.S. Supreme Court put a controversial new Texas law on hold in a 5-4 decision late Tuesday. The law would allow social media users to sue companies like Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook if those users felt they were being “censored” online.
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Gov. Abbott to Blame for Billions in High Electric Prices, Former Grid CEO Says
It’s Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s fault that power prices during the state’s deadly 2021 winter storm shot through the roof even as the crisis was ending, a former top official with the state’s power grid testified Wednesday. This claim contradicts the official line from the governor’s office, which has maintained that Abbott had nothing to…
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Bitcoin Miners Are Flocking to Texas as Grid Operator Warns of Future Blackouts
Everything’s bigger in Texas — including problems with its electric grid and energy demand for bitcoin. A new analysis shows that the electric grid is just as vulnerable to crisis as it was before February’s blackouts just as the state is gearing up to welcome cryptocurrency operations that will add an enormous amount of stress…