X Suing Research Company For Conspiracy to Drive Off Advertisers

X Suing Research Company For Conspiracy to Drive Off Advertisers

X Suing Research Company , For Conspiracy to Drive Off Advertisers .br On July 31, Elon Musk's X Corp, the recently renamed br Twitter, filed a lawsuit accusing researchers in br the United Kingdom of unlawfully accessing data.br NBC reports that the lawsuit also accuses the British br researchers of selectively picking posts to portray a rise in hate br speech on the platform in the wake of Musk's 2022 takeover.br The nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate br (CCDH) published the contested report in June. .br According to the group, Twitter failed br to act on 99 of hate posted by br 100 different Twitter Blue accounts. .br The CCDH has also questioned br whether algorithms boost "toxic tweets" br on the popular social media platform. .br The organization also accused Twitter br of failing to act on anti-Jewish hatebr speech and 97 of anti-Muslim posts.br According to X, the CCDH used br data that it didn't legally possess to , “falsely claim it had statistical support showing br the platform is overwhelmed with harmful content.” .br The lawsuit is seeking a jury trial, monetary damages and br for CCDH to be blocked from accessing data provided br by X to social media listening platform Brandwatch.br On July 20, X sent a letter to the CCDH br alleging that the group had conspired , “to drive advertisers off Twitter bybr smearing the company and its owner.”.br In response, Imran Ahmed, founder and CEO of the br CCDH, released a statement saying that Musk was , "showing he will stop at nothing to silence anyone br who criticizes him for his own decisions and actions.


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