Media Group Fights Records Request Over Report on Musk’s X

A Washington federal appeals court appeared divided at arguments in a battle between Texas and a liberal watchdog that has reported on the rise of hate speech on the social media platform X.

The three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard from parties Wednesday in Media Matters for America’s litigation challenging the state’s request for internal records.

Known as a civil investigative demand, the request is part of a state trade practices inquiry. It came in response to Media Matters’ report last year finding Neo-Nazi and extremist content running next to advertisements for major ...