2024-11-05
We identified 87 X posts from Elon Musk promoting false or misleading claims about the US election - with no Community Notes fact-checking. These misleading posts amassed 2 BILLION views since January. Take a look at our report ⤵️ https://counterhate.com/...
CNN
CCDH: before the election, Elon Musk made 87 X posts that were debunked by fact-checkers, hitting 2B+ views; his political posts had 17.1B views since July 2024
In the run up to the high-stakes 2024 presidential election, Elon Musk has posted a blizzard of false and misleading claims …
🚨NEW: Elon Musk's political posts have amassed 17.1 BILLION views since he publicly endorsed Donald Trump in July. That's twice as many views as ALL the US “political campaigning ads” recorded in X's ads disclosure dataset for the same period. 📝@CNN: https://cnn.com/...
CNN
CCDH: before the election, Elon Musk made 87 X posts that were debunked by fact-checkers, hitting 2B+ views; his political posts had 17.1B views since July 2024
In the run up to the high-stakes 2024 presidential election, Elon Musk has posted a blizzard of false and misleading claims …
2024-10-31
🚨 NEW: X's Community Notes are failing to counter misleading claims about the US election, despite Musk calling it the “best source of truth on the internet.” We analyzed a sample of accurate Community Notes & found that 74% aren't being shown to users🧵 https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Washington Post
CCDH: of 283 X posts in 2024 with false election claims that Community Notes members had responded to, only 20 had notes with enough votes to be publicly shown
How X's Community Notes system falls short on misleading election claims Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : Reports Find Community Notes Is Failing To Address Misinformation ...
2024-03-26
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...
Reuters
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 sp...
🚨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/...
Reuters
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 sp...
2024-03-07
Midjourney performed worse than other tools, generating election disinformation in 65% of tests. We searched Midjourney's servers & found that the tool is already being used to generate content featuring politicians, which could potentially be used to spread election disinfo. [image]
CNN
CCDH: Midjourney, DreamStudio, ChatGPT Plus, and Microsoft Image Creator created election disinformation in 41% of tests; Midjourney was most likely to do so
🚨NEW: We tested popular AI image tools like Midjourney & found that they generated election disinformation in 41% of tests overall. These fabricated images could support false claims about candidates & election fraud - and seriously harm democracy.🧵 https://cnn.com/... [image]
CNN
CCDH: Midjourney, DreamStudio, ChatGPT Plus, and Microsoft Image Creator created election disinformation in 41% of tests; Midjourney was most likely to do so
Deepfakes are a growing problem. We found that the number of Community Notes on X referencing AI has gone up by 130% a month in 2023, which suggests that AI-generated images are becoming a serious issue on the platform. [image]
CNN
CCDH: Midjourney, DreamStudio, ChatGPT Plus, and Microsoft Image Creator created election disinformation in 41% of tests; Midjourney was most likely to do so
2024-03-01
Musk's X Corp.'s lawsuit against CCDH has exposed the world's richest man as a bully who is trying to silence his critics. Accompanied by @kaplanrobbie, we're going to court to fight back against Elon Musk's attacks. More in @MSNBC's @thereidout blog: https://www.msnbc.com/...
Wired
In a hearing, a federal judge sounded skeptical of X's claims in its lawsuit against CCDH; an expert says it is “a SLAPP suit disguised as a contractual suit”
X alleges that the Center for Countering Digital Hate cost it millions by showing that hate speech was spreading on the platform.
2023-09-05
Twitter/X has become a safe space to spread vile hate & disinformation under Elon Musk's ownership. Last month, Musk's X Corp sued us because we've exposed the toxicity on his platform. In case you missed it, here's a snapshot of what's happened ⤵️ https://counterhate.com/...
TechCrunch
Elon Musk threatens to file a defamation suit against the ADL for “falsely accusing” X and him of being antisemitic, and blames the ADL for X's US ad sales drop
In the newest uproar you might have missed, Elon Musk says X, formerly Twitter, will file a defamation lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League.
2023-08-02
🚨@ElonMusk has claimed he is a free speech absolutist, but he is now using his attorneys to try to silence CCDH with bogus legal threats. Billionaires can't bully us or our attorney @kaplanrobbie. Here's our response ⤵️ #MuskMeltdown https://www.nytimes.com/...
Washington Post
X sues the Center for Countering Digital Hate, alleging CCDH researchers violated Twitter's terms of service and the CFAA while studying hate speech on the site
Elon Musk is targeting CCDH because we're a leading voice exposing how hate speech & lies skyrocketed on Twitter under his ownership. By threatening us, @ElonMusk is trying to hide the truth about his own failures and save his plummeting ad revenues. #MuskMeltdown [image]
Washington Post
X sues the Center for Countering Digital Hate, alleging CCDH researchers violated Twitter's terms of service and the CFAA while studying hate speech on the site
Before @ElonMusk's lawyers threatened CCDH with legal action, Musk used his own platform to bully us. He called us ‘evil’ and our CEO @imi_ahmed a ‘rat’. #MuskMeltdown [image]
Washington Post
X sues the Center for Countering Digital Hate, alleging CCDH researchers violated Twitter's terms of service and the CFAA while studying hate speech on the site
2023-08-01
🚨@ElonMusk has claimed he is a free speech absolutist, but he is now using his attorneys to try to silence CCDH with bogus legal threats. Billionaires can't bully us or our attorney @kaplanrobbie. Here's our response ⤵️ #MuskMeltdown https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
Twitter/X files a lawsuit against Center for Countering Digital Hate, accusing the nonprofit and its backers of “actively working to prevent free expression”
The Center for Countering Digital Hate said it had received a letter from X, Twitter's parent company …
Before @ElonMusk's lawyers threatened CCDH with legal action, Musk used his own platform to bully us. He called us ‘evil’ and our CEO @imi_ahmed a ‘rat’. #MuskMeltdown [image]
New York Times
Twitter/X files a lawsuit against Center for Countering Digital Hate, accusing the nonprofit and its backers of “actively working to prevent free expression”
The Center for Countering Digital Hate said it had received a letter from X, Twitter's parent company …
Elon Musk is targeting CCDH because we're a leading voice exposing how hate speech & lies skyrocketed on Twitter under his ownership. By threatening us, @ElonMusk is trying to hide the truth about his own failures and save his plummeting ad revenues. #MuskMeltdown [image]
New York Times
Twitter/X files a lawsuit against Center for Countering Digital Hate, accusing the nonprofit and its backers of “actively working to prevent free expression”
The Center for Countering Digital Hate said it had received a letter from X, Twitter's parent company …
2023-02-12
📢 WIN! @Fiverr has taken action and removed their ads from toxic Twitter after our latest report. We hope other brands like @apple @primevideo & @nfl will follow Fiverr's example and help #StopToxicTwitter. Check out our findings 👇 https://counterhate.com/...
CNN
Pathmatics estimates the monthly revenue from Twitter's top 1,000 advertisers fell 60%+ from around $127M in October 2022 to just over $48M by January 25, 2023
New York CNN — — More than half of Twitter's top 1,000 advertisers in September were no longer spending on the platform …
2022-09-08
Congratulations to @MichelleDonelan - the new Secretary of State for @DCMS. We look forward to working with you towards a world-leading Online Safety Bill to help tackle online hate & disinformation. https://twitter.com/...
Financial Times
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss confirms she wants to dilute the draft Online Safety Bill, focusing on protecting minors while making sure free speech is allowed
Financial Times :
2022-08-26
👏Huge win for our campaign against anti-abortion fake clinics. Our research showed 37% of Google Map results for abortion clinics were fake. Now @Google has listened and will label real clinics so users seeking abortions get the healthcare they need. https://techcrunch.com/... https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
Google plans to add clear labels to Search and Maps listings for facilities providing abortions, after a group of US lawmakers urged it to fix abortion searches
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch :
CCDH revealed in June that searches on Google for abortion services include deceptive “crisis pregnancy centers” in the results. https://counterhate.com/... We welcome this change, which comes after our team met with Google to discuss our findings. https://techcrunch.com/...
TechCrunch
Google plans to add clear labels to Search and Maps listings for facilities providing abortions, after a group of US lawmakers urged it to fix abortion searches
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch :