Mr. Musk has fallen out with prominent right-wing Americans who say they are worried that their agenda may be sidelined in favor of his own β and that he is willing to silence them on X.
The briefs, filed a week before oral arguments, offered sharply differing accounts of Chinaβs influence over the site and the role of the First Amendment.
President-elect Donald J. Trumpβs picks for the F.C.C. and F.T.C. have vowed to remove censorship online. That conflicts with European regulators who are pushing for stricter moderation.