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submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Elon Musk‘s X failed to block a California law that requires social media companies to disclose their content-moderation policies.

U.S. District Judge William Shubb rejected the company’s request in an eight-age ruling on Thursday.

“While the reporting requirement does appear to place a substantial compliance burden on social medial companies, it does not appear that the requirement is unjustified or unduly burdensome within the context of First Amendment law,” Shubb wrote, per Reuters.

The legislation, signed into law in 2022 by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, requires social media companies to publicly issue their policies regarding hate speech, disinformation, harassment and extremism on their platforms. They must also report data on their enforcement of these practices.

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[-] Drivebyhaiku@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

In Canada it's partial mix of protections granted from Charter rights and expanded by the Human Rights Act to apply more universally but in the US you're right, it's covered just under the civil rights act I think?

I may have slipped into common error by mentioning constitutional affairs where it doesn't belong.

[-] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I deleted a few seconds after commenting, since I remembered there was a mention of Canada and realized that is different in other countries. But I guess you still managed to reply :) Sorry, my bad

[-] Drivebyhaiku@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Still a valid point though. Canadians are a minority on platforms so most of the time I try my best to base my replies to be as generally applicable to American systems as possible... American law is less approachable I find but a Canadian enthusiast of legal philosophy generally learns both systems to be able to have conversations with a wider audience.

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