A US judge dismisses X's lawsuit against CCDH, saying the suit had been brought as a means toward “punishing the defendants for their speech”; X plans to appeal
in a win for free speech. https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ... Mastodon: Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social : Good. Musk does not support free speech. He supports his speech and tries to use his power against anyone who disagrees: — Musk tried to ‘punish’ critics, judge rules, in tossing a lawsuit https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... X: @xnews : Today a federal court in San Francisco issued a decision in the case X brought against the Center for Countering Digital Hate for illegally obtaining platform data to create misleading research. X disagrees with the court's decision and plans to appeal. Judd Legum / @juddlegum : .@ElonMusk gets his case thrown out of court. Judge rules that the purpose of the suit by the self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” was “punishing the Defendants for their speech.” [image] @ccdhate : 🚨WIN: CCDH has had Musk's baseless & intimidatory lawsuit against us thrown out of court! Our amazing lawyers at @KaplanHecker aided us in getting Judge Breyer to dismiss the case. A huge win for everyone working to hold social media giants to account. https://counterhate.com/... Damian Collins / @damiancollins : .@elonmusk claims to be a free speech champion but the spectacular failure of his lawsuit against @CCDHate shows his motivation was to intimidate & silence criticism. The judgement states Musk's case was about ‘punishing the Defendants for their speech.’ https://x.com/... John Scott-Railton / @jsrailton : Clear from the beginning that Musk's suit against @CCDHate was about silencing their freedom of speech. That's not just my view, the court says it at the top of their ruling dismissing the case. Congrats to the Center for Countering Digital Hate team on this important win. Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : Just as expected, a nuisance lawsuit waged by a nuisance: Judge tosses Elon Musk's X lawsuit against anti-hate group - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/... Will Guyatt / @willguyatt : Common sense prevails. @ccdhate : CCDH has won the dismissal of Elon Musk's baseless and intimidatory lawsuit to silence our research. This is a huge win for organizations holding social media giants accountable... Will Oremus / @willoremus : A federal judge today threw out X's lawsuit against the Center for Countering Digital Hate, saying the suit's clear motivation was to “punish” critical research and “dissuade” others from criticizing X or researching its harms. Story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Alejandra Caraballo / @esqueer_ : Elon Musk's X has lost his lawsuit against the Center for Countering Digital Hate. The ND of California federal court just dismissed the entire case as being an anti-SLAPP action intended to chill speech. Turns out Elon Musk doesn't actually like free speech. [image] Alex Howard / @digiphile : @twitter ... A federal judge threw out a lawsuit by @X against @CCDHate, ruling X intended to punish CCDH for publishing research on a rise in hate speech since @ElonMusk's takeover: https://www.axios.com/... The judge said it was “unabashedly & vociferously” about “punishing the Defendants for... Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona : Tossing out Elon Musk's lawsuit against the Center for Countering Digital Hate for noting the rise of hate speech on Twitter, the judge says “this complaint is so unabashedly and vociferously about... punishing the Defendants for their speech.” https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ... [image] Jared Holt / @jaredlholt : I think it's pretty safe to say the judge was not happy with Elon Musk/Twitter's lawsuit against anti-hate research nonprofit CCDH. Calls the case “unabashedly and vociferously about one thing ... punishing the Defendants for their speech.” https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ... [image] @bestofdyingtwit : screaming Eliot Higgins / @eliothiggins : Elon Musk's approach to “free speech” is again shown to be only about it being free for people he likes and agrees with. Kate Conger / @kateconger : X's case against the CCDH is dismissed, with the judge ruling that the suit was intended to punish CCDH for free speech [image] Forums: r/esist : Fuck You, elon: Judge dismisses ‘vapid’ Elon Musk lawsuit against group that cataloged racist content on X r/law : Musk tried to ‘punish’ critics, judge rules, in tossing a lawsuit r/theworldnews : Elon Musk's X Loses Lawsuit Against Research Group That Found Proliferation of Hate Speech, Racist Content on Social Network r/EnoughMuskSpam : Judge accuses Musk's X of trying to intimidate critics as he tosses lawsuit r/popculturechat : Elon Musk's X Loses Lawsuit Against Research Group That Found Proliferation of Hate Speech, Racist Content on Social Network See also Mediagazer