Twitter Files Lawsuit Against Hate Speech Researchers

August 1, 2023 Business, Social Media

Elon Musk’s X Corp. sued a nonprofit group that monitors online hate speech, accusing it of falsely describing the social media platform formerly known as Twitter as being “overwhelmed with harmful content.”

In the lawsuit, filed late Monday in San Francisco federal court, X Corp. claims The Center for Countering Digital Hate is illegally “scraping” its servers and cherry picking objectionable posts as part of “a scare campaign to drive away advertisers.”

One report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate said Twitter took no action against 99% of 100 Twitter Blue accounts the center reported for “tweeting hate.”

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A letter threatening the lawsuit was only reported yesterday.

X (formerly Twitter) sues the Centre for Countering Digital Hate for accusing Elon Musk of allowing hate speech to thrive https://t.co/baNgdQ0bb5

— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 1, 2023