Split 2nd Circuit Certifies Questions In Social Media Hateful Conduct Law Dispute

( August 7, 2025, 8:58 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — In New York Attorney General Letitia James’s appeal of a district court order enjoining enforcement of New York’s Hateful Conduct Law that includes policy disclosure and report mechanism requirements stating that social media platforms must have methods of reporting hateful conduct, a split Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals certified three questions to the New York Court of Appeals, finding that the state appellate court is the appropriate court to conduct the analysis of the statute....