Constitutional Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sep. 5, 2024
Panel: State can't make social media disclose content moderation policies
The law, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2022, required companies with more than $100 million in gross annual revenues to file regular reports with the state about how they moderate topics such as hate speech, racism, extremism and foreign political influence.
Citing First Amendment violations, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Wednesday enjoined a California law requiring social media companies to disclose their content moderation policies.
The decision was a victory for X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, which challenged the law in 2023.
Reversing a decision by Senior U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb of Sacramento, 9th Circuit Judge Milan D. Smith ruled that AB 587's content category report provisions &qu...
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