Elon Musk's X Loses Bid to Block California Content Moderation Law

Judge Rules X Unlikely to Succeed in Challenge Against Assembly Bill 587

Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter, has lost a bid to block a California law requiring social media companies to disclose their content moderation policies.
The law, known as Assembly Bill 587, requires social media companies generating over $100 million in gross revenue to submit their first content moderation reports to the state on Jan. 1, 2024.
X Corp. sued California Attorney General Robert Bonta over the measure in September, arguing that AB 587 was unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge William Shubb ruled that Musk and X were unlikely to succeed in their challenge, having “failed to establish the likelihood of success on the merits.”
Since Musk's takeover of Twitter, the platform has seen a resurgence of formerly banned far-right personalities and has faced criticism for allowing hate speech to proliferate.