California’s justice department agreed to drop parts of a controversial social media law that drew the ire of Elon Musk’s X. California’s AB 587 required social media companies to inform state officials of their policies regarding handling hate speech,

California has agreed to drop portions of a law that requires large social media companies to disclose their policies for handling hate speech, disinformation, harassment and extremism following a legal challenge from Elon Musk’s X.

California will no longer enforce key provisions of a law requiring social media companies to disclose details about their content