X is suing California over social media content moderation law::X, the social media company previously known as Twitter, is suing the state of California over a law that requires companies to disclose details about their content moderation practices.

  • bstix@feddit.dk
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    2 years ago

    The only reason they use the word “constitutional” is because they want the conservative supreme court to make a ruling to allow hate speech.

    Meanwhile, conservatives also want to ban books about love.

    This really has nothing to do with technology though. Quite the contrary. Twitter isn’t technology. It’s a tool for making dark age politics.

  • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    “If @X has nothing to hide, then they should have no objection to this bill,” Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, who wrote AB 587, said in response to X’s lawsuit.”

    The government breaks out absolute worst argument they could

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      2 years ago

      Did you expect any better of an argument from the type of politician who thinks they’re entitled to this kind of intrusive bullshit?

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    2 years ago

    Remember kids, hate speech laws only outlaw speech the state doesn’t like. You know, like McCarthy did.