Coverage dated December 28, 2023

Elon Musk’s X Loses Bid To Change California Content Moderation Law

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Elon Musk’s X on Thursday has lost its bid to change a California law on content moderation disclosure by social media companies. X sued California in September to undo the state’s cont…

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  1. Deadline

    Elon Musk’s X Loses Bid To Change California Content Moderation Law (opens Deadline)

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    Elon Musk’s X on Thursday has lost its bid to change a California law on content moderation disclosure by social media companies. X sued California in September to undo the state’s cont…

  2. The Hollywood Reporter

    Elon Musk’s X Loses Bid to Block California Law Over Content Moderation Transparency (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    X argued that the law improperly compels speech in violation of the First Amendment and is meant to pressure social media companies to remove content the government deems objectionable.

  3. Rolling Stone

    Elon Musk's X Loses Bid to Undo California Content Moderation Law (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Elon Musk‘s X, formerly Twitter, lost its bid to change a California law on content moderation transparency by social media companies.

  4. Bloomberg

    Musk’s X Loses Bid to Block California Content Moderation Law (opens Bloomberg)

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    Elon Musk’s X Corp. lost its effort in court to block a California law that seeks to control toxic posts on social media by requiring companies to disclose their content-moderation polices.

  5. Engadget

    Federal judge rejects X’s claim that California’s content moderation law violates free speech (opens Engadget)

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    A federal judge in California has shot down Elon Musk’s attempt to invalidate a state social media law. The state’s AB 587 requires social companies to publish their content moderation policies, something Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) claimed violated the First Amendment.

  6. Al Jazeera

    Elon Musk’s X loses court bid to block California content moderation law (opens Al Jazeera)

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    US District Judge William Shubb rules that legislation’s disclosure rules are not ‘unjustified or unduly burdensome’.

  7. New York Post

    Judge slaps down Elon Musk bid to stop X from revealing content moderation (opens New York Post)

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    Lawmakers in Sacramento last year passed AB 587, which requires large social media platforms such as X to disclose content moderation rules.