Overview

• Elon Musk’s X Corp filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday in Manhattan against Attorney General Letitia James to block the Stop Hiding Hate Act.
• The law requires platforms to detail procedures for monitoring hate speech, extremism, disinformation, harassment and foreign political interference.
• Civil fines for noncompliance can reach $15,000 per violation each day under the measure signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul last December.
• X argues the disclosure mandate breaches both the First Amendment and New York’s constitution by exposing “highly sensitive and controversial speech.”
• New York’s statute mirrors a 2023 California law whose enforcement was partially halted by a federal appeals court and later settled with X Corp in February.