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Elon Musk’s X sues California over new social media transparency laws
- amadeuspagel 3y agoI posted the actual lawsuit on HN yesterday[1]. Reading this article, I was prepared to get mad that the arguments in the lawsuit aren't quoted, but the quotes by politicians in this article are almost as good: > Gavin Newsom, California’s Democratic governor, signed the law last September, saying the state would not let social media be “weaponized” to spread hate and disinformation. A clear admission that the purpose of the law is to pressure social media platforms to censor certain speech. > Jesse Gabriel, an assembly member and author of the bill, said in a statement that “if Twitter has nothing to hide, then they should have no objection to this bill”. "If the New York Times has nothing to hide, they should have no objection to publishing protocols of their editorial meetings." [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=amadeuspagel https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=amadeuspagel
- ChrisArchitect 3y ago[dupe]
- ChrisArchitect 3y agoMore discussion over here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37442998 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37442998