Greg Abbott joined Sen. Bryan Hughes on Thursday to discuss Senate Bill 12 (SB12), which prohibits social media companies from “censoring Texans based on viewpoints they express”. “Too many social media sites silence conservative speech and ideas, and trample free speech. “We need to recognize that when we see the First Amendment under assault by social media companies, it is not going to be tolerated in Texas,” Abbott said. Senate Bill 12 will not only prohibit social media companies from censoring Texans’ viewpoints, but it will also allow Texans to file a lawsuit if they believe they were wrongfully blocked from a social media site for expressing their opinions. The government cannot force social media platforms to distribute other parties speech and it can’t tell social media platforms what to publish,” Huddleston said.