Elon Musk’s X filed a lawsuit against New York over a law requiring social media companies to provide reports on how they manage hate speech.
The company alleges bill S895B, called the Stop Hiding Hate Act, violates the First Amendment.
“Today, @X filed a First Amendment lawsuit against a New York law, NY S895B. NY S895B is a new social media regulation that is a carbon copy of a California law, CA AB 587, that X successfully challenged in court under the First Amendment last year. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the relevant portion of that law unconstitutional,” X’s Global Government Affairs account stated.
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“Undeterred, New York’s government passed its own version of the unconstitutional California law, in order to pressure social media
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