X to Appeal Denial of Injunction Against Calif. Social Media Transparency Law

The X platform is appealing to the 9th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court the Dec. 28 denial of its motion for a preliminary injunction to block California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) from enforcing AB-587, the state’s social media transparency law (see 2401020002), said its notice of appeal Friday (docket 2:23-cv-01939) in U.S. District Court for Eastern California in Sacramento. X sought to block AB-587's enforcement on grounds that it violates the First Amendment and that federal law preempts it. Denial of the injunction turned on X’s failure to establish its likelihood of success on the merits, said the memorandum and order signed by U.S. District Judge William Shubb.