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X sues New York over social media disclosure law

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Elon Musk's social platform X sued the state of New York on Tuesday over a law requiring social media sites to detail how they moderate hate speech, extremism, misinformation and other types of content on their platforms.

X argues the law, which is set to go into effect Thursday, violates the First Amendment by compelling companies to disclose “highly sensitive and controversial speech.”

“The law thus impermissibly interferes with the First Amendment-protected editorial judgments of companies such as X Corp. to remove, demonetize, or deprioritize such speech on their platforms,” the lawsuit reads.

The measure, known as the Stop Hiding........

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