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Elon Musk’s X Loses Lawsuit Against Research Group That Found Proliferation of Hate Speech, Racist Content on Social Network https://t.co/ah2GvHOUYl
— Variety (@Variety) March 25, 2024
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In a detailed 52-page decision, the judge found that Musk’s concerns focused more on the Center for Countering Digital Hate’s criticism of X than on the data collection.
In addition, the judge ruled that Musk’s complaint violated the law protecting free speech, and that it fell under California’s anti-SLAPP statute, which is designed to preserve free speech.
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The judge emphasized during the proceedings that Elon Musk’s legal team should have brought a defamation action instead, if the billionaire believed that the Center for Countering Digital Hate was making false or damaging claims against X.
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