This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Technology

Nov. 15, 2023

X Corp asks judge to enjoin social media moderation law

X Corp. says the state law discriminates by “content and viewpoint.” The state says companies should have “nothing to hide.”

SACRAMENTO — An attorney for X Corp. and a federal judge clashed in court over the question of what California’s social media content moderation law demands.

“At first blush the law at issue may seem like an innocuous transparency measure,” attorney Joel Kurtzberg told Senior U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb at the outset of a hearing Monday over the company’s bid to enjoin AB 587. But actually, Kurtzberg argued, the law discriminates ...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up