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X said the law known as the Stop Hiding Hate Act violated the First Amendment and state constitution by subjecting it to lawsuits and heavy fines unless it disclosed “highly sensitive and controversial speech” that New York may find objectionable.

Deciding what content is acceptable on social media platforms “engenders considerable debate among reasonable people about where to draw the correct proverbial line,” X said. “This is not a role that the government may play.”

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Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/legal/2025/06/17/elon-musk-x-hate-speech-law/84252156007/

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In a message to readers, it said the US presidential election “underlined” its concerns that its owner, Elon Musk, had been able to use X to “shape political discourse.”

Mr Musk strongly backed Donald Trump and has now been given a role cutting government spending in his incoming administration.

The BBC has contacted X for comment.

The Guardian said users would still be able to share articles and it was likely continue to embed X posts in its coverage of world events.

It also said its reporters would be able to carry on using the site “for news-gathering purposes.”

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Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg48m5j4zjo

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De Moraes’ court announced on Wednesday that it was ordering Musk and X Corp. to appoint a legal representative for the social media company, formerly known as Twitter, in Brazil within 24 hours, or X would face “penalty of suspension of activities” there.

A suspension of X in Brazil could cause serious business problems for the already embattled social network. Brazil has a population of more than 171 million active social media users, according to market research by Oosga.

The nation is preparing for October municipal elections. And under Brazil’s laws, social networks there have to employ someone who can receive and consider government takedown notices about political misinformation.

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Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/29/elon-musk-brazil-judge-x-ban-starlink-freeze.html

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The presumptive Republican nominee for president, who was convicted Thursday in connection with a hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, will answer submitted questions during the livestream event, which will also be broadcast in a partnership deal with cable channel NewsNation.

The social media company is also planning a similar town hall with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, who is running for president as an independent.

President Joe Biden was invited by the social media company to do a debate or a town hall, but he declined, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported news of the X sit-downs.

The date, location and moderators for the town halls have yet to be announced.

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Source: https://nypost.com/2024/05/31/business/elon-musks-x-to-stage-town-hall-with-donald-trump/

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X said it would appeal the orders, which come amid a long-running free speech row between the government of Narendra Modi and the San Francisco, Calif.-based tech company, and would only apply the ban within India.

“We will withhold these accounts and posts in India alone; however, we disagree with these actions and maintain that freedom of expression should extend to these posts,” the company’s Global Government Affairs unit said in a post.

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Source: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/02/22/X-blocks-some-Indian-accounts/9071708601875/

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, X CEO Linda Yaccarino, TikTok CEO Shou Chew, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and Discord CEO Jason Citron testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a Wednesday hearing entitled “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis.”

The hearing focused on the prevalence on sexual exploitation on social media, what tech CEOs were doing to fight it and growing rage among parents over a lack of federal action.

Here are the highlights from the contentious hearing.

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Source: https://thehill.com/business/4437994-tech-ceos-senate-testify-child-safety-live-updates-zuckerberg-fb-tiktok/

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