I'm not a lawyer but I don't think this would apply to bots.
The Texas law text[1] says it only protects 'users' which are defined as people. And even then the law only prohibits censorship for specific reasons.
It doesn't say companies can't ban users for running bots.
Even if the messages the bot is posting are protected the fact of running the bot itself should still be a bannable offense if it's not allowed in the TOS.
The Texas law text[1] says it only protects 'users' which are defined as people. And even then the law only prohibits censorship for specific reasons.
It doesn't say companies can't ban users for running bots. Even if the messages the bot is posting are protected the fact of running the bot itself should still be a bannable offense if it's not allowed in the TOS.
[1] https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/html/HB00020F...