Constitutional Law
Oct. 31, 2023
State defends law on disclosing content moderation policies
X Corp. has challenged Assembly Bill 587, which as of Jan. 1 would require social media companies with annual gross revenues of at least $100 million to publicly disclose information about their content-moderation policies and decisions.
California’s content moderation law doesn’t violate the U.S. Constitution or federal law, according to an opposition motion the California Department of Justice filed in response to a recent lawsuit by Elon Musk’s X Corp.
The social media company moved last month to enjoin AB 587. It claimed the law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last year violates the Constitution’s dormant commerce clause and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, w...
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