19 November 2024 – X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, owned by Elon Musk, has filed a lawsuit against the California Attorney General. The case refers to a recently enacted law (AB 2655), requiring online platforms, with over 1 million users in California, to label or remove election-related deep fakes. The law requires the platforms to take action within 72 hours, once content is flagged as digitally manipulated, while allowing exceptions for parody or satire.

X Corp. argues that the law violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the USA Constitution by incentivizing censorship, limiting platforms’ discretion on content management, and failing to protect users who believe they were unfairly censored.

Moreover, in a recent decision, the European Commission, confirmed that X Corp. does not currently qualify as a core platform service, under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The decision comes after an in-depth market investigation launched on 13 May 2024, which revealed that X is not an important gateway for business users to reach end users.

Within these global developments, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) and its Centre for Global Studies (CGS) are actively engaging with international partners to monitor and address the implications of AI and emerging technologies for Global Security.

In an upcoming report, PAM will address the use of propaganda, deepfakes, Misinformation and Disinformation strategies, with the aim of undermining democratic institutions.

Learn more: https://natlawreview.com/article/california-ai-law-hit-constitutional-challenge-x-corp-attempts-take-down