Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, is suing the State of New York in an attempt to block new legislation that would combat extremist speech.
Under the Stop Hiding Hate Act that enters into force this week, digital content providers like the company formerly known as Twitter must disclose what efforts they are taking to police content on their respective platforms.
“We are confident we will prevail in this case as well,” X wrote in a statement on its platform on Tuesday.
“We’re confident that the court will reject this attempt by X to use the First Amendment as a shield,” they added.
On Tuesday, Musk’s X said that New York’s Stop Hiding Hate Act was just another attempt by the government to “eliminate” certain speech it didn’t like. Cosponsors Hoylman-Sigal and Lee disagreed.
“The fact that Elon Musk would go to these lengths to avoid disclosing straightforward information to New Yorkers as required by our statute illustrates exactly why we need the Stop Hiding Hate Act,” they wrote.
