X Corp. Loses First Amendment Challenge to New York's 'Stop Hiding Hate Act'
A federal judge in the Southern District of New York has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's X Corp. (formerly Twitter) challenging New York's 'Stop Hiding Hate Act.' This act mandates social media companies operating in New York with over $100 million in annual revenue to submit two annual reports to the state's attorney general. These reports must detail 'whether and how platforms define hate speech, disinformation, extremist or racist content, harassment, and foreign political interference.' X Corp. had argued that these provisions infringed upon its First Amendment rights by interfering with its editorial judgments regarding content moderation. However, District Judge John Cronan ruled that the law's disclosure requirements are permissible under the First Amendment, likening them to commercial speech regulations that require businesses to truthfully disclose information about their offerings. The court also determined that the law is not preempted by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, ... 
