New Lawsuit Claims Texas TikTok Ban Violates First Amendment
The University of Texas at Austin.Image: f11photo (Shutterstock)After Republican Governor Greg Abott announced a sweeping ban of TikTok on state devices this past winter, a group representing university professors is challenging him with a new lawsuit. The complaint, filed Thursday, claims that the prohibitioninfringes on First Amendment rights.The New York Times reports that the lawsuit was filed in Western District of Texas federal court by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University on behalf of a…