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Elon Musk’s X Sues New York Over "Stop Hiding Hate Act" Hate Speech Disclosure Law Citing First Amendment

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Published Jul 5, 2025, 06:09 AM

Elon Musk's social media company X has filed a federal lawsuit against New York state challenging the constitutionality of the "Stop Hiding Hate Act," a law enacted in December 2024. The legislation requires large social media platforms to publicly disclose their content moderation policies related to hate speech, extremism, disinformation, harassment, and foreign political interference. X argues that this law violates the First Amendment by compelling platforms to disclose how they police certain categories of speech, effectively forcing them into speech they would not voluntarily make. The lawsuit follows a similar legal challenge by X against a comparable California law, which the company successfully contested in court last year.

The New York law is seen as a copycat of California's AB 587, and X is seeking to block its enforcement through the federal court in Manhattan. New York officials, including state legislators, have expressed confidence that the courts will uphold the law. The case highlights ongoing legal disputes over social media regulation and free speech protections in the United States.

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John Cusack

@johncusack

What could be worth this - How much money? How much better can you eat ? What job is worth keeping in defense of this ? Talking to every human being in a position of public trust or with a platform - who stays silent - who pushes the grotesque gaslighting bullshit . You

Bloomberg Law

@BLaw

Minnesota weaponized transparency when it passed a law that required social media platforms to disclose details about their algorithms to the public, a tech association and lobbying group alleged in a lawsuit.

🚨 Katherine Brodsky

@mysteriouskat

This platform had encouraged free speech and citizen journalism. Now, when one of their own is under legal attack by the Matrix dude to silence him, will X and Elon step up? Or will they protect their relationship w/ the guy who has more followers and money?