California will no longer enforce key provisions of a law requiring social media companies to disclose details about their content moderation practices after settling a lawsuit with Elon Musk’s X Corp.
Democratic California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the social media platform X Corp. finalized the agreement in federal court Monday, barring the state from enforcing certain reporting mandates under Assembly Bill 587 (AB 587), a 2022 law that sought to compel platforms to publicize their protocols for handling what the bill calls “hate speech,” “extremism,” “disinformation” or “foreign political influence.” U.S. District Judge William Shubb also ordered California to pay Musk’s company $345,576 in legal fees. (RELATED: California Social Media Bill Could Force Big Tech To Run Facial Scans On Children)
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