Bonta

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

X CORP., No. 24-271 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 2:23-cv-01939-

WBS-AC

v.

ROBERT BONTA, in his official OPINION capacity as Attorney General of California,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California William B. Shubb, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted July 17, 2024 San Francisco, California

Filed September 4, 2024

Before: MILAN D. SMITH, JR., MARK J. BENNETT, and ANTHONY D. JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr. SUMMARY *

First Amendment / Social Media Platforms

The panel reversed the district court’s order denying social media platform owner X Corp.’s motion for a preliminary injunction to enjoin enforcement of California Assembly Bill AB 587 (AB 587), which requires large social media companies to post their terms of service and to submit reports to the Attorney General of California (the State) about their terms of service and their content-moderation policies and practices. The Content Category Report provisions of AB…