By Bob Van Voris, Bloomberg
Elon Musk’s X Corp. sued the state of New York claiming a law requiring social media companies to disclose how they deal with hate speech, extremism and disinformation violates the US Constitution.
X filed a suit in Manhattan federal court Tuesday, claiming provisions of New York’s “Stop Hiding Hate Act,” signed by Governor Kathy Hochul in December, violate state and federal free speech guarantees. The company is seeking an order declaring the provisions void and blocking the state from enforcing them.
The law requires X and other major social media platforms to file semiannual reports detailing how they define and moderate hate speech, racism, extremism, radicalization, disinformation and misinformation, harassment and foreign political interference.
X said the rules are based on a “nearly identical” California law that the company successfully challenged in court. A federal appeals court last year granted X an order preliminarily blocking the California law, known as AB 587.
The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James didn’t immediately respond to a voicemail seeking comment on the lawsuit.
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