SACRAMENTO — Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino), author of Assembly Bill (AB) 587, issued the following statement regarding U.S District Judge William B. Schubb’s denial of X Corp.’s motion for a preliminary injunction regarding AB 587:
“I am pleased that the Court denied Elon Musk’s motion and held that he is unlikely to succeed in this lawsuit. As we have repeatedly emphasized, Assembly Bill 587 is a pure transparency measure that simply requires Twitter and other companies to be upfront about if and how they are moderating content. It in no way requires any specific content moderation policies — which is why it passed with strong, bipartisan support. If Twitter has nothing to hide, then they should have no objection to complying with this law.”
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