Summary
X, owned by Elon Musk, is suing to block California’s AB 2655, a law requiring social media platforms to remove “materially deceptive content” like deepfakes about politicians within 120 days of an election.
The lawsuit argues the law violates the First Amendment and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, claiming it would lead to broad censorship of political speech to avoid enforcement costs.
A similar California law, AB 2839, was blocked last month for overreaching into constitutionally protected speech, including parody and satire.
AB 2655 is set to take effect in 2024.
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