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X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has threatened to sue a group of independent researchers whose research documented an increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased (apnews.com)
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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

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Mush (sic) is a true POS. I am incredibly glad i changed my mind on a pre-order down payment on the Tesla 3.

  • It's front end is ugly AF.

  • Mush balls showed how retarded he is.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

What a snowflake

[–] BashDashovi 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Here is Twitter's statement about it: https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2023/a-new-era-of-transparency-for-twitter1

[–] Syrc@lemmy.world 6 points 2 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”

[–] Tygr@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

So Twitter is Prince now, got it.

[–] Braydox_ofAstroya@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Anyone have this centre's definition of hate? Its a musk twitter agenda post so it probably allergic to context

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