Musk sues hate speech monitor over Twitter/X report
Posted on AllSides August 1st, 2023
From The Center
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.” Advertisers have fled the platform since Musk bought it for $44 billion last year and started making changes,...
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