Elon Musk’s X Sues Nonprofit for Reporting Alleged Hate Speech on Twitter

Social media platform X, previously often known as Twitter, on Monday sued a nonprofit that fights hate speech and disinformation, accusing it of asserting false claims and inspiring advertisers to pause funding on the platform.

US media reported earlier that X, owned by Elon Musk, had despatched a letter to the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) and threatened to sue the non-profit for unspecified damages.

In response to that letter, attorneys for the CCDH accused X of “intimidating those who have the courage to advocate against incitement, hate speech and harmful content online.” They additionally mentioned that X’s allegations had no factual foundation.

The lawsuit stems from a media report revealed in July that acknowledged findings from CCDH’s analysis saying that hate speech had elevated in direction of minority communities on the platform.

X and its CEO Linda Yaccarino labeled the report false and mentioned it was primarily based on “a collection of incorrect, misleading, and outdated metrics, mostly from the period shortly after Twitter’s acquisition.”

In a weblog publish on Monday, X mentioned the CCDH had gained entry to its knowledge with out authorisation and accused it of scraping knowledge from its platform, violating X’s phrases.

It reiterated that the metrics contained within the analysis had been used out of context to make unsubstantiated assertions about X.

The CCDH didn’t reply to a request for remark exterior common enterprise hours.

X not too long ago filed lawsuits towards 4 unnamed entities in Texas and Israel’s Bright Data for scraping knowledge.

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