X Corp. (formerly Twitter) is challenging New York’s new law aimed at increasing transparency in social media content moderation. The company alleges the law imposes political pressure on platforms like itself to censor certain content, thus infringing First Amendment rights. X argues that the law reflects bias against the company and its leadership under Elon Musk, claiming it improperly aims to regulate the platform's speech. Legal consequences could involve penalties of up to $15,000 per day for violations, prompting X to seek an injunction against the law’s enforcement.
It is our sincere belief that the current social media landscape makes it far too easy for bad actors to promote false claims, hatred and dangerous conspiracies online, and some large social media companies are not able or willing to regulate this hate speech themselves.
X alleged that the letter made it clear that New York's law was 'tainted by viewpoint discriminatory motives'- alleging that the lawmakers were biased against X and Musk.
These forced disclosures violate the First Amendment and the New York constitution, X alleged, and the content categories covered in the disclosures 'were taken word-for-word' from California's enjoined law.
X is arguing that New York has no compelling interest, or any legitimate interest at all, in applying 'pressure' to govern social media platforms' content moderation choices.
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