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"Elon Musk has over the last year threatened legal action against tech
competitors, employees and people who use Twitter, which he owns. Now he is
also taking aim at an organization that studies hate speech and misinformation
on social media.
X Corp., the parent company of the social media company, sent a letter on July
20 to the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a nonprofit that conducts
research on social media, accusing the organization of making “a series of
troubling and baseless claims that appear calculated to harm Twitter generally,
and its digital advertising business specifically,” and threatening to sue.
The letter cited research published by the Center for Countering Digital Hate
in June examining hate speech on Twitter, which Mr. Musk has renamed X.com. The
research consisted of eight papers, including one that found that Twitter had
taken no action against 99 percent of the 100 Twitter Blue accounts the center
reported for “tweeting hate.” The letter called the research “false, misleading
or both” and said the organization had used improper methodology.
The letter added that the center was funded by Twitter’s competitors or foreign
governments “in support of an ulterior agenda.”
Imran Ahmed, the chief executive of the Center for Countering Digital Hate,
said, “Elon Musk’s actions represent a brazen attempt to silence honest
criticism and independent research.” He added that Mr. Musk wanted to “stem the
tide of negative stories and rebuild his relationship with advertisers.”
The center also said it did “not accept any funding from tech companies,
governments, or their affiliates.”
In a blog post Monday evening, X announced that it had filed a lawsuit against
the Center for Countering Digital Hate for “actively working to prevent free
expression.” The suit was filed in federal court in the Northern District of
California."
Via Anonymiss and Tess.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
