X Corp. Sues NY AG Letitia James over Reporting on Content Moderation Practices

New York’s Stale Speech Suppression Playbook

Politics New York’s Stale Speech Suppression Playbook A new law in New York seeks to bring back the bad old days of tech censorship. Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a New York Women “Get Out The Vote” rally at Barnard College on November 03, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Can someone please tell New York things have changed? New Yorkers are stuck in the Biden era or earlier. Some are still pushin…

X Corp. sues NY AG Letitia James over reporting on content moderation practices

X Corp., the operator of social media platform X run by Elon Musk, sued New York State Attorney General Letitia James Tuesday.

X Sues Over New York’s Content Moderation Transparency Bill

X (formerly Twitter) has filed a lawsuit challenging a New York bill that requires social media platforms to disclose their content moderation policies or face financial penalties. According to X, Senate Bill S895B—also known as the “Stop Hiding Hate Act”—violates the First Amendment-protected editorial judgments of companies to remove, demonetize, or deprioritize highly sensitive and controversial speech on their platforms. X further argues tha…

X Sues New York Over Social Media Disclosure Law, Citing Free Speech Precedent

Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) has filed a complaint in a federal court in Manhattan, seeking to halt the law, arguing that the New York state’s new “Stop Hiding Hate Act” violates the First Amendment by forcing social media companies to publicly disclose their content moderation practices and submit detailed reports on how they handle hate speech, extremism, and misinformation. X contends that these requirements compel platforms to reveal sen…