A lawsuit brought by Elon Musk’s firm, X, against a group claiming that hate speech on the platform rose after Musk took over the company was dismissed by an American judge.
X filed a lawsuit against the CCDH in July, claiming that they were intentionally scaring away advertisers. Additionally, the business charged that CCDH had improperly accessed platform data and picked and chose posts to “falsely claim” that X is “filled with harmful content.”
In the US, the judge decided to dismiss the case. He asserted that it was evident that Mr. Musk’s business struggles to manage criticism.
X stated that it would attempt to overturn the judgment.
The CCDH chief, Imran Ahmed, was pleased with the outcome. He claimed that Mr. Musk attempted to avoid accepting responsibility for his acts and had been quite impolite to their organization.
The researchers looked at 100 special Twitter accounts and found that Twitter didn’t do anything about 99% of the hate speech posted by those users. CCDH discovered that Twitter did not take action on 89% of hate speech against Jewish people and 97% of hate speech against Muslims on the platform.
Judge Breyer’s order mentioned a law in California that protects speech about topics important to the public. The law is called anti-SLAPP and it is used to protect people who speak out against powerful companies.
After buying the site in 2022 for $44 billion (£34 billion), Mr. Musk moved quickly to implement several contentious changes, including a dramatic reduction in staff and significant layoffs to teams responsible for content moderation and other departments.
Additionally, he has been accused of anti-Semitism in his posts, an allegation he has refuted.
