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X Corp. legal challenges to transparency and open-source

Overview

X Corp. has engaged in multiple legal actions regarding platform access and content moderation transparency. The company issued cease-and-desist letters to the open-source project Nitter, alleging the project unlawfully used its API and circumvented security measures. In response, the Nitter developer took the main site offline and suspended development.

Simultaneously, X Corp. attempted to challenge New York’s ‘Stop Hiding Hate Act’ in federal court. The company argued the law, which mandates disclosure of content moderation practices regarding hate speech and disinformation, violated the First Amendment. A U.S. District Judge in Manhattan dismissed the lawsuit, ruling that the requirement to provide ‘purely factual and uncontroversial information’ is a reasonable disclosure mandate similar to food labeling. The dismissal was made with prejudice, preventing X Corp. from refiling the same claim.

Entities

X Corp. · John Cronan · New York · Elon Musk · GitHub

Timeline

  1. 15 days ago

    [POLITICS] 5 sources
    Federal court dismisses X Corp. lawsuit against New York hate speech law

    A federal judge dismissed X Corp.’s lawsuit against New York’s Stop Hiding Hate Act, ruling that transparency requirements for social media moderation do not violate the First Amendment.

  2. 17 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 18 sources
    X Corp. targets Nitter project and loses New York transparency lawsuit

    X Corp. has issued legal demands to shut down the open-source Nitter project for allegedly bypassing its API, while a U.S. judge dismissed X's challenge to a New York law on content moderation transparency.

Sources

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