Elon Musk’s X Loses Lawsuit Against Research Group That Found Proliferation of Hate Speech, Racist Content on Social Network

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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor A federal judge Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk‘s X against the Center for Countering Digital Hate, ruling it was “evident” the litigation was intended “to punish CCDH for CCDH publications that criticized X Corp.” X, the Musk-owned social network formerly known as Twitter, in July 2023 sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate, an independent nonprofit research group, over the organization’s findings that since the multibillionaire acquired the company hate, racism and disinformation on the social platform has substantially increased.

Musk has not commented on X about the decision. A Twitter rep didn’t respond to a request for comment. In its lawsuit, filed July 31, 2023, in the U.S.

District Court for the Northern District of California, X sought to blame CCDH for “tens of millions of dollars” in lost advertising revenue after the nonprofit group reported on hate speech and misinformation on X/Twitter.

Lawyers for CCDH filed a motion to strike X’s claims under California’s law against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) as well as a motion to dismiss the case in its entirety in November.