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

  • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    1 year ago

    In a defamation lawsuit, it would not be X that had to prove it was a lie. It would be CCDH that had to prove it had evidence for their claims (notice that it does not need to be true, only has to be reasonable for CCDH to believe it is true based on evidence they had).

    • WhirlybirdEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      (notice that it does not need to be true, only has to be reasonable for CCDH to believe it is true based on evidence they had).

      And this is where the CCDH have a huge problem, because their evidence is built on shoddy, laughable data. They counted 1 person saying “all gays are pedos” and 9 people telling that person to fuck off as 10 instances of “hate speech”.