Elon Musk's X Corp. has suffered a legal setback after US District Judge John Cronan dismissed X Corp.'s challenge to New York's "Stop Hiding Hate Act," which requires covered social-media companies to disclose information about their terms of service and content-moderation practices.
US District Judge John Cronan of the Southern District of New York ruled on Wednesday that the state disclosure statute does not infringe upon constitutional free speech protections, clearing the way for New York Attorney General Letitia James to enforce the disclosure requirements against covered social-media companies.
