Texas has made it illegal for social media platforms to ban users "based on their political viewpoints". Prominent Republican politicians have accused Facebook, Twitter and others of censoring conservative views.
Former US President Donald Trump was banned from Facebook and Twitter after a group of his supporters attacked the Capitol in January.
The social networks have all denied stifling conservative views.
However, these platforms do enforce these terms of service which prohibit content such as incitement to violence and coordinated disinformation.
"Social media websites have become our modern-day public square," Texas Governor Greg Abbott was quoted by BBC.
He said this after he signed the bill into law on Thursday.
"They are a place for healthy public debate where information should be able to flow freely.
"But there is a dangerous movement by social media companies to silence conservative viewpoints and ideas."
Meanwhile, the US Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the state as it claimed the abortion law in Texas ''clearly unconstitutional."
"This kind of scheme to nullify the Constitution of the United States is one that all Americans, whatever their politics or party, should fear," US attorney general Merrick Garland told the reporters.
Earlier, US President Joe Biden had slammed the Texas abortion law and said it creates an ''almost un-American''...
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