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

  • I Cast Fist
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    102 years ago

    “How dare you use well researched facts to state obvious facts that I don’t like to hear about!” - karen musk

        • @Mdotaut801@lemmy.world
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          72 years ago

          It’s like he’s trying to sink it but idk, It’s either not intentional and he’s a dumb cunt, or it’s completely intentional and he’s still a dumb cunt.

          • @Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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            12 years ago

            I don’t understand the theory that he is trying to destroy twitter. What purpose would that serve? Some people say “Oh the Saudis Could have paid him to do it” why not just simply close the site?

  • @Smoogs@lemmy.world
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    242 years ago

    Wasn’t he all about free speech and even against censorship?

    “ I think if you go down the censorship route, it’s only a matter of time before censorship is turned upon you.” -musk

  • @MSids@lemmy.sdf.org
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    232 years ago

    If they go to court, wouldn’t the court make them prove that the claim was false or defamation? And if CCDH can prove that it’s not false or defamation then now it’s legal record that hate speech has increased since the takeover? This all seems ok with me.

    • @DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world
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      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).

    • @Comment105@lemm.ee
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      162 years ago

      That’s not how the American court system works.

      A company like Twitter can bleed the CCDH dry and just walk away with a frivolous lawsuit and a minor (insignificant) penalty.

      And the way that works is not by accident.

  • @alienanimals@lemmy.world
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    Stop giving Musk free publicity. Don’t post or upvote Musk spam.

    Edit Not posting Musk spam on Lemmy does not mean there’s no accountability. What Musk wants is for idiots like you to keep upvoting his daily bullshit and doing his marketing for free.

  • @iegod@lemm.ee
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    502 years ago

    Evidence based documentation is going to be hard to win against, unless the plan is just drag them through legal proceedings until they can’t afford it. The american dream.

    • @sic_1@feddit.de
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      52 years ago

      Yes, free speech and evidence based documentation will be fine, Musk won’t be able to afford prolongued legal proceedings. American dream indeed.

    • @Rhabuko@feddit.de
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      112 years ago

      Wouldn’t surprise me if in this case enough people would donate. Enough people are sick of Musk at this point.

  • Tygr
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    02 years ago

    So Twitter is Prince now, got it.

    • @Syrc@lemmy.world
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      62 years ago

      First three paragraphs: “everyone should be able to express themselves”

      Rest of the post: “we don’t like what these researchers are saying, so we’ll do what’s possible to make sure those people aren’t able to express themselves”

  • @Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    272 years ago

    Sue everyone you don’t like. That’s the thin-skinned, narcissistic billionaire way.

    Doesn’t matter if they’re right or wrong, pile up the costs and they’ll all cave in.

  • @tenitchyfingers@lemmy.world
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    132 years ago

    “Free speech for me, not for thee”. God, I’m THIS close to deleting my account there and just migrating back to Tumblr and bluesky. There are just too many users I love that haven’t moved anywhere else yet.

    • I Cast Fist
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      32 years ago

      Convince some of them to move out, too. Or at least start using alternatives, like Mastodon (or any of the dozen services that interact with it, like Akkoma and Soapbox). The number of servers is mind boggling.

      • @42ora@lemmy.world
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        12 years ago

        mastodon seems a valid alternative but I find it empty in comparison. I will try to follow hastags, maybe it is the right way to have good content

      • @tenitchyfingers@lemmy.world
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        12 years ago

        I’m not really comfortable with how Mastodon works. Bluesky really seems like a very comfy, cool environment and I really like the feeds function. And I mean, Tumblr was always perfect for me anyway.