X sues Calif. to avoid revealing how it makes “controversial” content decisions::X decried law’s “draconian financial penalties” up to $15K per violation per day.

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    1 year ago

    If Twitter has nothing to hide, then they should have no objection to this bill.

    I can’t believe a lawmaker said this with a straight face. This was the same logic to pass the Patriot Act .

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    I really don’t see this going well for X. It’s highly likely they havent been even collecting the appropriate information on their own process at this point.

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      They aren’t required to start until this quarter of this year. They’ve missed, at most, nine days of data.

      I hope the law runs them into the ground, however.

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      1 year ago

      Opening paragraph from their legal reply brief:

      “So you know those magic eight balls?”

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    It’s good we have Elon Musk to think of the people nobody else cares about, who else will stand up for the misogynists, racists, homophobes and Nazis rights to persecute and discriminate minorities.

    Keep it up Elon, you got this. 🤣🤣🤣

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    This may be the one time I side with X. This seems like a massive first amendment right violation. Why did California choose to start now and not years ago when this became a problem. What constitutes a social media company? How will the government decide to regulate what is “controversial”. This law seems strange with a lot of gaping holes.

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      How will the government decide to regulate what is “controversial”. This law seems strange with a lot of gaping holes

      I guess it’s defined in the law. Did you read it ?