Court Says Elon Musk’s Lawsuit Against Anti-Hate Group Is an Attack on Free Speech

A California court dismissed Elon Musk and X Corp.’s lawsuit against the Center for Counseling Digital Hate on Monday. The court ruled Musk was trying to “punish” researchers for criticizing X after the CCDH reported a rise in hate speech and misinformation on the platform. The lawsuit tried to blame the CCDH for pushing major advertisers away. “This case is about punishing the Defendants for their speech,” said Judge Breyer in his ruling on Monday.

The first report from 2021 highlighted twelve anti-vaxxers who made up nearly two-thirds of the vaccine disinformation on X. The second report in November 2022 found a rise in hate speech on the platform, the same month Apple and IBM pulled advertising from X. The third report from Feb. 2023 says Elon Musk reinstated thousands of toxic accounts, that include Neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and misogynists. This is one of Musk’s lawsuits against researchers reporting on X’s rise in hate speech.

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