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How do you feel about California agreeing to drop parts of its social media law, challenged by Elon Musk?

California has agreed to drop portions of a law that requires large social media companies to disclose their policies for handling hate speech, disinformation, harassment and extremism following a legal challenge from Elon Musk’s X.

A settlement reached Monday between state Attorney General Robert Bonta and Musk’s social media platform stops short of tossing the entire law, as X demanded when it first filed the case in 2023, citing First Amendment complaints.

Under the terms of the settlement, social media platforms will not be required to tell state officials how they define hateful, extremist or misleading speech. Additionally, the state is barred from requiring a platform to disclose data on how often it flags or removes posts that violate its content moderation rules.

However, platforms will still be required to publicly post their terms of service and share a summary of any changes with state officials twice per year. The reports must also share how companies enforce their terms of service and remove content found to violate their platform’s rules.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/24/california-drop-parts-social-media-law-challenged-elon-musk-x-00205890

How do you feel about California agreeing to drop parts of its social media law, challenged by Elon Musk?
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