Elon Musk’s X has won its appeal on free speech grounds to block AB 587, a California law requiring social media companies to submit annual reports publicly explaining their controversial content moderation decisions.
In his opinion, Ninth Circuit court of appeals judge Milan Smith reversed a district court’s ruling that he said improperly rejected Musk’s First Amendment argument. Smith was seemingly baffled to find that the ”district court performed, essentially, no analysis on this question.”
Källa: Appeals judge baffled by X’s loss over Calif. moderation law, orders injunction
