Elon Musk’s X Sues Nonprofit That Tracks Hate Speech, Disinformation

Social media platform X, previously often called 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 Heart 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 that have the braveness to advocate towards incitement, hate speech and dangerous content material on-line.” Additionally they stated that X’s allegations had no factual foundation.

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

X and its CEO Linda Yaccarino labeled the report false and stated it was primarily based on “a group of incorrect, deceptive, and outdated metrics, largely from the interval shortly after Twitter’s acquisition.”

In a weblog submit on Monday, X stated 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 lately filed lawsuits towards 4 unnamed entities in Texas and Israel’s Brilliant Information for scraping knowledge.

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