EFF Urges Second Circuit to Affirm Injunction of New York’s Dangerous Online “Hateful Conduct” Law

EFF, along with the ACLU, urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to find a New York statute that compels platforms to moderate online speech that falls within the state’s particular definition of “hateful conduct” unconstitutional.

The statute itself requires covered social media platforms to develop a mechanism that allows users to report incidents of “hateful conduct” (as defined by the state), and to publish a policy detailing how the platform will address such incidents in direct …