X Corp v. Center for Countering Digital Hate, Inc.

I. BACKGROUND

1 The Court includes a lengthier background section in its order adjudicating CCDH’s 2 motion and will not repeat it here. The most relevant facts1 pertaining to this motion are as 3 follows. 4 A. Parties 5 X Corp. is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Nevada, with a 6 principal place of business in San Francisco, California. FAC ¶ 7. X Corp. provides a 7 real-time social media platform (“the X platform”) to its users, who can share ideas 8 through public posts. Id. 9 CCDH U.S. is a non-profit corporation organized under the laws of Washington, 10 D.C., with its principal place of business there as well. Id. ¶ 8. CCDH U.K. is a non-profit 11 organization formed under English law and headquartered in London, England. Id. ¶ 9. 12 CCDH U.S. and CCDH U.K. are affiliated corporate entities. Id. CCDH prepares and 13 publishes reports and articles about organizations and individuals who post on social media 14 platforms “on widely debated topics, included COVID-19 vaccinations, reproductive 15 healthcare, and climate change.” Id. ¶ 17. It then makes those reports “publicly available 16 and free.” Id. X Corp. alleges that CCDH’s reports…