Overview

• X filed its lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan on June 17, seeking to block New York’s Stop Hiding Hate Act before it takes effect.
• The law requires social media platforms with over $100 million in annual revenue to submit semiannual reports detailing how they define and moderate hate speech, extremism, disinformation and other harmful content under threat of fines up to $15,000 per violation per day.
• X contends that compelling disclosure of “highly sensitive and controversial speech” imposes on its editorial judgment, constituting compelled speech in violation of the First Amendment.
• State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Assemblymember Grace Lee, sponsors of the law, assert that the act provides narrowly tailored transparency without infringing on free speech rights.
• The lawsuit follows X’s successful challenge of a nearly identical California law and reflects the company’s broader legal campaign against state content-moderation regulations.