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X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has threatened to sue a group of independent researchers whose research documented an increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased

apnews.com Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets

A nonprofit organization that researches links between social media, hate and extremism has been threatened with a lawsuit by X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

Twitter is threatening legal action against the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a nonprofit that researches hate speech and content moderation on social media platforms.

The letter from Twitter's lawyers alleges that CCDH's research publications are intended to 'harm Twitter's business by driving advertisers away from the platform with incendiary claims.'

This is a pretty bold move from Twitter, especially considering that CCDH is a well-respected organization that has been doing this kind of research for years. And it's especially ironic coming from Elon Musk, who has said that he's a 'free speech absolutist.'

But Musk has also shown that he's sensitive to criticism, so it's not surprising that he's taking this kind of action against CCDH

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Please, please do that. I can’t wait to see the discovery portion of the trial
Elon used to love saying he was a Free Speech Absolutist, but once again that only extends to speech he likes.
The response from CCDH is savage -

https://counterhate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Letter-to-A.-Spiro-from-R.-Kaplan-re-CCDH.pdf
It's a shame that people are still using that platform.
Evidence based documentation is going to be hard to win against, unless the plan is just drag them through legal proceedings until they can't afford it. The american dream.
For a company that claims to be desperate to cut costs they sure do have a lot of money for frivolous lawsuits...
Does Stinky believe that by suing these researchers, the rise in hate speech didn't happen?!
The man-child billionaire says he is not for censorship, while using the judicial system to censor.
We don’t need to call it X or even the platform formerly known as Twitter. It’s just Twitter.
This is a great example of a SLAPP suit
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I think Elon's rebranding from "twitter" to "X, The Social Media Platform Formerly Known As Twitter" was really smart. You know what, I am gonna go XTSMPFKAST-eet that right now! Obviously the branding was the weakest part of the product he bought!
Sue everyone you don't like. That's the thin-skinned, narcissistic billionaire way.

Doesn't matter if they're right or wrong, pile up the costs and they'll all cave in.
Free speech absolutist.
Wasn’t he all about free speech and even against censorship?

“ I think if you go down the censorship route, it’s only a matter of time before censorship is turned upon you.” -musk
If they go to court, wouldn't the court make them prove that the claim was false or defamation? And if CCDH can prove that it's not false or defamation then now it's legal record that hate speech has increased since the takeover? This all seems ok with me.
Musk should sue himself then. Seems like he has done the most to drive away advertisers.
Free speech, but until something goes wrong. Then it's totalitarian government
“Free speech for me, not for thee”. God, I’m THIS close to deleting my account there and just migrating back to Tumblr and bluesky. There are just too many users I love that haven’t moved anywhere else yet.
Stop giving Musk free publicity. Don't post or upvote Musk spam.

Edit Not posting Musk spam on Lemmy does not mean there's no accountability. What Musk wants is for idiots like you to keep upvoting his daily bullshit and doing his marketing for free.
He is the forefront of apartheid theory and sees anyone not espousing it a threat to his existence.
"How dare you use well researched facts to state obvious facts that I don't like to hear about!" - karen musk
Driving ur attention to here:

X is a free public service funded largely by advertisers.

X aware that the CCDH gained access to X’s data without Brandwatch’s authorization,
I wonder how he'll Musk things up this time?
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Boycott Musk
Mush (sic) is a true POS. I am incredibly glad i changed my mind on a pre-order down payment on the Tesla 3.

It's front end is ugly AF.

Mush balls showed how retarded he is.
What a snowflake
Here is Twitter's statement about it: https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2023/a-new-era-of-transparency-for-twitter1
Anyone have this centre's definition of hate? Its a musk twitter agenda post so it probably allergic to context
So Twitter is Prince now, got it.

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