X sues to block copycat NY content moderation law after California win
Last year, X won its fight to block a California law requiring social media companies to report on efforts to remove hate speech and other kinds of content the state deemed harmful.
Now, X has sued to stop New York from enforcing a law that it claims is a "carbon copy" of California's-which resulted in a settlement blocking the California law after a court ruled it likely violated the First Amendment.
In a complaint filed Tuesday, X revealed that the New York lawsuit came after New York lawmakers rejected X's attempts to reconcile its social media law with the California ruling. Not only did lawmakers refuse to acknowledge free speech issues that X seemingly views as settled, but in a letter declining to meet with X, they also called out X owner Elon Musk's controversial personal history of posting as a reason to refuse to engage with X.